diff --git a/devel/gnome-common/Makefile b/devel/gnome-common/Makefile
index 47ddbd9bea00..da4b226a825d 100644
--- a/devel/gnome-common/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gnome-common/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 #    $MCom: ports/trunk/devel/gnome-common/Makefile 18610 2013-06-30 16:33:05Z marcus $
 
 PORTNAME=	gnome-common
-PORTVERSION=	3.6.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	3.10.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
 DIST_SUBDIR=	gnome2
@@ -16,5 +15,4 @@ USE_XZ=		yes
 USES=		gmake pkgconfig
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
-NO_STAGE=	yes
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/gnome-common/distinfo b/devel/gnome-common/distinfo
index 5ce2e2210154..fe0665a6a099 100644
--- a/devel/gnome-common/distinfo
+++ b/devel/gnome-common/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (gnome2/gnome-common-3.6.0.tar.xz) = e10f09de06bddcc8f980422e3bfdcd8185eee7f1eae11543a765ec8e764b8d95
-SIZE (gnome2/gnome-common-3.6.0.tar.xz) = 143636
+SHA256 (gnome2/gnome-common-3.10.0.tar.xz) = aed69474a671e046523827f73ba5e936d57235b661db97900db7356e1e03b0a3
+SIZE (gnome2/gnome-common-3.10.0.tar.xz) = 152440
diff --git a/devel/gnome-common/files/patch-marcros2_gnome-autogen.sh b/devel/gnome-common/files/patch-marcros2_gnome-autogen.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f8f7e3a43027..000000000000
--- a/devel/gnome-common/files/patch-marcros2_gnome-autogen.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
---- macros2/gnome-autogen.sh.orig	2012-10-16 00:58:19.000000000 +0200
-+++ macros2/gnome-autogen.sh	2013-07-20 22:13:10.000000000 +0200
-@@ -346,14 +346,16 @@
- 
- case $REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION in
-     1.4*) automake_progs="automake-1.4" ;;
--    1.5*) automake_progs="automake-1.12 automake-1.11 automake-1.10 automake-1.9 automake-1.8 automake-1.7 automake-1.6 automake-1.5" ;;
--    1.6*) automake_progs="automake-1.12 automake-1.11 automake-1.10 automake-1.9 automake-1.8 automake-1.7 automake-1.6" ;;
--    1.7*) automake_progs="automake-1.12 automake-1.11 automake-1.10 automake-1.9 automake-1.8 automake-1.7" ;;
--    1.8*) automake_progs="automake-1.12 automake-1.11 automake-1.10 automake-1.9 automake-1.8" ;;
--    1.9*) automake_progs="automake-1.12 automake-1.11 automake-1.10 automake-1.9" ;;
--    1.10*) automake_progs="automake-1.12 automake-1.11 automake-1.10" ;;
--    1.11*) automake_progs="automake-1.12 automake-1.11" ;;
--    1.12*) automake_progs="automake-1.12" ;;
-+    1.5*) automake_progs="automake-1.14 automake-1.13 automake-1.12 automake-1.11 automake-1.10 automake-1.9 automake-1.8 automake-1.7 automake-1.6 automake-1.5" ;;
-+    1.6*) automake_progs="automake-1.14 automake-1.13 automake-1.12 automake-1.11 automake-1.10 automake-1.9 automake-1.8 automake-1.7 automake-1.6" ;;
-+    1.7*) automake_progs="automake-1.14 automake-1.13 automake-1.12 automake-1.11 automake-1.10 automake-1.9 automake-1.8 automake-1.7" ;;
-+    1.8*) automake_progs="automake-1.14 automake-1.13 automake-1.12 automake-1.11 automake-1.10 automake-1.9 automake-1.8" ;;
-+    1.9*) automake_progs="automake-1.14 automake-1.13 automake-1.12 automake-1.11 automake-1.10 automake-1.9" ;;
-+    1.10*) automake_progs="automake-1.14 automake-1.13 automake-1.12 automake-1.11 automake-1.10" ;;
-+    1.11*) automake_progs="automake-1.14 automake-1.13 automake-1.12 automake-1.11" ;;
-+    1.12*) automake_progs="automake-1.14 automake-1.13 automake-1.12" ;;
-+    1.13*) automake_progs="automake-1.14 automake-1.13" ;;
-+    1.14*) automake_progs="automake-1.14" ;;
- esac
- version_check automake AUTOMAKE "$automake_progs" $REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION \
-     "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/automake-$REQUIRED_AUTOMAKE_VERSION.tar.gz"
-@@ -426,6 +428,14 @@
- 	printbold "Processing $configure_ac"
- 	cd $dirname
- 
-+	# if the AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR() macro is used, create that directory
-+	# This is a automake bug fixed in automake 1.13.2
-+	# See http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=13514
-+	m4dir=`autoconf --trace AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR | sed 's,^.*:,,g'`
-+	if [ -n "$m4dir" ]; then
-+	    mkdir -p $m4dir
-+	fi
-+
-         # Note that the order these tools are called should match what
-         # autoconf's "autoupdate" package does.  See bug 138584 for
-         # details.