diff --git a/extra/claws-mail/PKGBUILD b/extra/claws-mail/PKGBUILD
index daece5a6f..97cde2e08 100644
--- a/extra/claws-mail/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/claws-mail/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #  - removed valgrind from makedepends
 
 pkgname=claws-mail
-pkgver=3.8.1
-pkgrel=3
+pkgver=3.9.0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A GTK+ based e-mail client."
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 license=('GPL3')
@@ -22,17 +22,12 @@ replaces=('sylpheed-claws')
 provides=('claws')
 options=(!libtool)
 install=claws-mail.install
-source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/sylpheed-claws/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2
-        gnutls313.diff)
-md5sums=('d388929fb1c8f04d4bcb2139faaf9e70'
-         '21bdc9d324f9424e0071bb73be169977')
+source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/sylpheed-claws/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2)
+md5sums=('4c5ac7b21f0ed17d0f6404124c2229a4')
 
 build() {
   cd ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
 
-  # fix a bug in gnutls cert check triggered since gnutls 3.1.3 update
-  patch -Np1 -i ${srcdir}/gnutls313.diff
-   
   sed -i 's@^#!.*python.*@#!/usr/bin/python2@' tools/*.py
 
   ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static \
diff --git a/extra/claws-mail/gnutls313.diff b/extra/claws-mail/gnutls313.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 27040f7bd..000000000
--- a/extra/claws-mail/gnutls313.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/common/ssl_certificate.c b/src/common/ssl_certificate.c
-index efc5c53..8303f3e 100644
---- a/src/common/ssl_certificate.c
-+++ b/src/common/ssl_certificate.c
-@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
-     size_t size;
-     gnutls_datum tmp;
-     gnutls_x509_crt dest;
-+    size = 0;
-     
-     if (gnutls_x509_crt_init(&dest) != 0) {
-     	g_warning("couldn't gnutls_x509_crt_init\n");