diff --git a/package/metacity/metacity-gconf.patch b/package/metacity/metacity-gconf.patch
index b513b068d..939ef7ef9 100644
--- a/package/metacity/metacity-gconf.patch
+++ b/package/metacity/metacity-gconf.patch
@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
---- metacity-2.17.3/src/prefs.c.orig	2007-01-12 21:42:53.000000000 -0700
-+++ metacity-2.17.3/src/prefs.c	2007-01-12 21:45:21.000000000 -0700
-@@ -2277,6 +2277,7 @@
-       key = g_strconcat (KEY_SCREEN_BINDINGS_PREFIX, "/",
-                          binding->name, NULL);
-       
-+#ifdef HAVE_GCONF
-       gconf_client_set_string (gconf_client_get_default (),
-                                key, old_setting, &err);
+[PATCH] fix build with --disable-gconf
+
+src/core/prefs.c still contain a call to gconf_client_set_bool() when
+built with --disable-gconf, breaking the build.
+
+Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
+---
+ src/core/prefs.c |    2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+Index: metacity-2.25.1/src/core/prefs.c
+===================================================================
+--- metacity-2.25.1.orig/src/core/prefs.c
++++ metacity-2.25.1/src/core/prefs.c
+@@ -2949,6 +2949,7 @@
+ void
+ meta_prefs_set_compositing_manager (gboolean whether)
+ {
++#if HAVE_GCONF
+   GError *err = NULL;
  
-@@ -2287,6 +2288,7 @@
-           g_error_free (err);
-           err = NULL;
-         }
+   gconf_client_set_bool (default_client,
+@@ -2962,6 +2963,7 @@
+                     err->message);
+       g_error_free (err);
+     }
 +#endif
-       
-       g_free (old_setting);
-       g_free (key);
+ }
+ 
+ #ifndef HAVE_GCONF
diff --git a/package/metacity/metacity-nopo.patch b/package/metacity/metacity-nopo.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 563a17bcb..000000000
--- a/package/metacity/metacity-nopo.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-metacity: don't descent into po / docs subdirs
----
- Makefile.am |    2 +-
- Makefile.in |    2 +-
- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-Index: metacity-2.16.8/Makefile.am
-===================================================================
---- metacity-2.16.8.orig/Makefile.am
-+++ metacity-2.16.8/Makefile.am
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- 
--SUBDIRS=src po doc
-+SUBDIRS=src
- 
- EXTRA_DIST=HACKING rationales.txt \
- 	intltool-extract.in intltool-merge.in intltool-update.in
-Index: metacity-2.16.8/Makefile.in
-===================================================================
---- metacity-2.16.8.orig/Makefile.in
-+++ metacity-2.16.8/Makefile.in
-@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
- target_alias = @target_alias@
- top_builddir = @top_builddir@
- top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
--SUBDIRS = src po doc
-+SUBDIRS = src
- EXTRA_DIST = HACKING rationales.txt \
- 	intltool-extract.in intltool-merge.in intltool-update.in
- 
diff --git a/package/metacity/metacity.mk b/package/metacity/metacity.mk
index 9d91efe6a..04cfa107d 100644
--- a/package/metacity/metacity.mk
+++ b/package/metacity/metacity.mk
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 #
 #############################################################
 
-METACITY_VERSION = 2.16.8
+# newer versions need libcanberra-gtk and gnome-doc-utils
+METACITY_VERSION_MAJOR = 2.25
+METACITY_VERSION_MINOR = 1
+METACITY_VERSION = $(METACITY_VERSION_MAJOR).$(METACITY_VERSION_MINOR)
 METACITY_SOURCE = metacity-$(METACITY_VERSION).tar.bz2
-METACITY_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/metacity/2.16
-METACITY_INSTALL_STAGING =NO
-METACITY_INSTALL_TARGET =YES
+METACITY_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/metacity/$(METACITY_VERSION_MAJOR)
 
 METACITY_CONF_OPT = --x-includes=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/X11 \
 		--x-libraries=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib \