diff --git a/extra/mono/PKGBUILD b/extra/mono/PKGBUILD
index 38e26a7c1..73a2921fe 100644
--- a/extra/mono/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/mono/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 #    and using autogen.sh to rebuild for configure.in changes.
 
 pkgname=mono
-pkgver=3.4.0
+pkgver=3.8.0
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Free implementation of the .NET platform including runtime and compiler"
 arch=(i686 x86_64)
 license=('GPL' 'LGPL2.1' 'MPL' 'custom:MITX11')
 url="http://www.mono-project.com/"
-depends=('zlib' 'libgdiplus>=2.10' 'sh' 'python')
+depends=('zlib' 'libgdiplus>=3.8' 'sh' 'python')
 options=('!libtool' '!makeflags')
 provides=('monodoc')
 conflicts=('monodoc')
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ source=(http://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.b
 	sgen_fix.patch
 	build_fix.patch
 	Microsoft.Portable.Common.targets)
-md5sums=('698024a40ee0721c2a24c45be2e39f28'
+md5sums=('f143bc5077fb817c0bedbe2d5bd49035'
          'b9ef8a65fea497acf176cca16c1e2402'
          '8a700b94bff7a913f920e95890d2fb4c'
          '30a5af1a4ff50b98f9e73cc2ae554115'
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ md5sums=('698024a40ee0721c2a24c45be2e39f28'
 build() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
 
-  patch -p1 < ../build_fix.patch  
-  cp ../Microsoft.Portable.Common.targets mcs/tools/xbuild/targets/
+  #patch -p1 < ../build_fix.patch  
+  #cp ../Microsoft.Portable.Common.targets mcs/tools/xbuild/targets/
 
   # build mono
   if [ "$CARCH" = "armv7h" -o "$CARCH" = "armv6h" ]; then