diff --git a/binutils.be0 b/binutils.be0
index a7af1a94b..6eef068e7 100755
--- a/binutils.be0
+++ b/binutils.be0
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/env beesh
-# BEE_VERSION binutils-2.37-1
+# BEE_VERSION binutils-2.40-0
 
 # SRCURL="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-${PKGVERSION}.tar.xz"
-SRCURL[0]="https://beehive.molgen.mpg.de/e78d9ff2976b745a348f4c1f27c77cb1/binutils-2.37.tar.xz"
-
-# https://sourceware.org/pipermail/binutils/2021-July/117502.html
-PATCHURL+=("https://beehive.molgen.mpg.de/8ae746832ec6e83e671b4abb0384cfdd/binutils-237-close-thin-archive-fd.patch")
-
-mee_patch_post() {
-    rm -fv etc/standards.info
-    sed -i.bak '/^INFO/s/standards.info //' etc/Makefile.in
-}
+SRCURL[0]="https://beehive.molgen.mpg.de/007b59bd908a737c06e5a8d3d2c737eb/binutils-2.40.tar.xz"
 
 mee_configure() {
     bee_configure \