diff --git a/meta/packages/libpng/libpng-1.2.20/makefile_fix.patch b/meta/packages/libpng/libpng-1.2.20/makefile_fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fa8793add..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/libpng/libpng-1.2.20/makefile_fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Old versions of libtool (1.5.10) used to set ECHO as a side effect. With
-libtool 2.2.2 we need to do this manually
-
-RP - 14/4/08
-
-Index: libpng-1.2.16/Makefile.am
-===================================================================
---- libpng-1.2.16.orig/Makefile.am	2008-04-14 14:47:21.000000000 +0100
-+++ libpng-1.2.16/Makefile.am	2008-04-14 14:47:47.000000000 +0100
-@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@
- 			>$@.new
- 	mv $@.new $@
- 
-+ECHO=echo
-+
- libpng.vers: libpng.sym
- 	rm -f $@ $@.new
- 	$(ECHO) PNG@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_0 '{global:' > $@.new
diff --git a/meta/packages/libpng/libpng_1.2.20.bb b/meta/packages/libpng/libpng_1.2.20.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index c6f9d2f649..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/libpng/libpng_1.2.20.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "PNG Library"
-HOMEPAGE = "http://www.libpng.org/"
-SECTION = "libs"
-LICENSE = "libpng"
-DEPENDS = "zlib"
-PRIORITY = "required"
-PR = "r9"
-
-SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/libpng/libpng-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
-           file://makefile_fix.patch"
-
-inherit autotools binconfig pkgconfig pkgconfig_stage
-
-do_install() {
-	install -d ${D}${bindir}
-	install -d ${D}${mandir}
-	install -d ${D}${libdir}
-	install -d ${D}${includedir}
-	unset LDFLAGS
-	oe_runmake 'prefix=${prefix}' 'DESTDIR=${D}' \
-		   'DB=${D}${bindir}' 'DI=${D}${includedir}' \
-		   'DL=${D}${libdir}' 'DM=${D}${mandir}' \
-		   install
-}
-
-python do_package() {
-    if bb.data.getVar('DEBIAN_NAMES', d, 1):
-        bb.data.setVar('PKG_${PN}', 'libpng12', d)
-    bb.build.exec_func('package_do_package', d)
-}
-
-PACKAGES =+ "${PN}12-dbg ${PN}12 ${PN}12-dev"
-
-FILES_${PN}12-dbg += "${libdir}/libpng12*.dbg"
-FILES_${PN}12 = "${libdir}/libpng12${SOLIBS}"
-FILES_${PN}12-dev = "${libdir}/libpng12.* ${includedir}/libpng12 ${libdir}/pkgconfig/libpng12.pc"
-FILES_${PN} = "${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBS}"
-FILES_${PN}-dev = "${includedir} ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV} ${libdir}/*.la \
-        ${libdir}/*.a ${libdir}/pkgconfig \
-        ${datadir}/aclocal ${bindir} ${sbindir}"
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
diff --git a/meta/packages/libpng/libpng_1.2.44.bb b/meta/packages/libpng/libpng_1.2.44.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..318bb7436d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/libpng/libpng_1.2.44.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "PNG Library"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.libpng.org/"
+SECTION = "libs"
+PRIORITY = "required"
+LICENSE = "libpng"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=a294a2bb08b7f25558119edbfd6b2e92 \
+                    file://png.h;startline=172;endline=261;md5=3253923f0093658f470e52a06ddcf4e7"
+DEPENDS = "zlib"
+PR = "r0"
+
+SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/libpng/libpng-${PV}.tar.bz2"
+
+inherit autotools binconfig pkgconfig
+
+PACKAGES =+ "${PN}12-dbg ${PN}12 ${PN}12-dev"
+
+FILES_${PN}12-dbg = "${libdir}/.debug/libpng12*"
+FILES_${PN}12 = "${libdir}/libpng12${SOLIBS}"
+FILES_${PN}12-dev = "${libdir}/libpng12.* ${includedir}/libpng12 ${libdir}/pkgconfig/libpng12.pc"
+FILES_${PN} = "${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBS}"
+FILES_${PN}-dev += " ${bindir} ${sbindir}"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"