diff --git a/pkgs/games/spring/default.nix b/pkgs/games/spring/default.nix
index da07f14b673..58809711b04 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/spring/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/spring/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   name = "spring-${version}";
-  version = "0.86.0";
+  version = "0.87.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/springrts/spring_86.0_src.tar.lzma";
@@ -23,15 +23,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace "which" "type -p"
   '';
 
-  #patches = [ ./gcc44.patch];
-
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://springrts.com/;
     description = "A powerful real-time strategy(RTS) game engine";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.phreedom ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.phreedom maintainers.qknight ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/games/spring/gcc44.patch b/pkgs/games/spring/gcc44.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4df1e6e825f..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/spring/gcc44.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- spring_0.82.6.1-orig/rts/lib/lobby/Connection.h     2010-10-15 23:08:24.000000000 +0300
-+++ spring_0.82.6.1/rts/lib/lobby/Connection.h  2010-11-11 14:48:55.000000000 +0200
-@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
- #include <boost/asio/deadline_timer.hpp>
- #include <boost/asio/ip/tcp.hpp>
- #include <string>
-+#include <list>
- 
- struct ClientStatus
- {