diff --git a/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_flite/Makefile b/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_flite/Makefile
index 3ddf89eae0..f544e9625f 100644
--- a/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_flite/Makefile
+++ b/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_flite/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FLITE=flite-1.3-current
+FLITE=flite-1.3.99
 FLITE_DIR=$(switch_srcdir)/libs/$(FLITE)
 FLITE_LIBDIR=$(FLITE_DIR)/build/libs
 FLITE_A=$(FLITE_LIBDIR)/libflite_cmu_us_kal.a $(FLITE_LIBDIR)/libflite_cmu_us_kal16.a $(FLITE_LIBDIR)/libflite_cmulex.a $(FLITE_LIBDIR)/libflite_usenglish.a $(FLITE_LIBDIR)/libflite.a
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ include $(BASE)/build/modmake.rules
 
 $(FLITE_DIR):
 	$(GETLIB) $(FLITE).tar.gz
-	cp flite-1.3.diff $(FLITE_DIR)
-	cd $(FLITE_DIR) && patch -p1 -i flite-1.3.diff 
 
 $(FLITE_DIR)/Makefile: $(FLITE_DIR)
 	cd $(FLITE_DIR) && CFLAGS="-fPIC" ./configure
diff --git a/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_flite/flite-1.3.diff b/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_flite/flite-1.3.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index bcd9cd09dd..0000000000
--- a/src/mod/asr_tts/mod_flite/flite-1.3.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur /root/flite-1.3-current/include/cst_file.h flite-1.3-current/include/cst_file.h
---- /root/flite-1.3-current/include/cst_file.h	2005-02-07 07:26:42.000000000 -0600
-+++ flite-1.3-current/include/cst_file.h	2008-07-18 18:08:13.000000000 -0500
-@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
- #include <System/StdIOPalm.h>
- typedef FILE * cst_file;
- #else
--#include <unistd.h>
- #include <stdio.h>
- typedef FILE * cst_file;
- #endif
-Only in flite-1.3-current/include: cst_file.h~
-diff -ur /root/flite-1.3-current/include/cst_val.h flite-1.3-current/include/cst_val.h
---- /root/flite-1.3-current/include/cst_val.h	2004-12-19 14:34:19.000000000 -0600
-+++ flite-1.3-current/include/cst_val.h	2008-07-18 18:07:57.000000000 -0500
-@@ -145,6 +145,6 @@
- 
- /* Generic pointer vals */
- typedef void cst_userdata;
--CST_VAL_USER_TYPE_DCLS(userdata,cst_userdata);
-+CST_VAL_USER_TYPE_DCLS(userdata,cst_userdata)
- 
- #endif
-diff -ur /root/flite-1.3-current/lang/cmu_us_kal/cmu_us_kal.c flite-1.3-current/lang/cmu_us_kal/cmu_us_kal.c
---- /root/flite-1.3-current/lang/cmu_us_kal/cmu_us_kal.c	2004-12-31 17:22:10.000000000 -0600
-+++ flite-1.3-current/lang/cmu_us_kal/cmu_us_kal.c	2008-07-18 18:07:57.000000000 -0500
-@@ -50,8 +50,14 @@
- 
- cst_voice *register_cmu_us_kal(const char *voxdir)
- {
--    cst_voice *v = new_voice();
-+    cst_voice *v;
- 
-+    if (cmu_us_kal_diphone) {
-+		return cmu_us_kal_diphone;
-+	}
-+
-+	v = new_voice();
-+	
-     /* Set up basic values for synthesizing with this voice */
-     usenglish_init(v);
-     feat_set_string(v->features,"name","cmu_us_kal_diphone");
-diff -ur /root/flite-1.3-current/lang/cmu_us_kal16/cmu_us_kal16.c flite-1.3-current/lang/cmu_us_kal16/cmu_us_kal16.c
---- /root/flite-1.3-current/lang/cmu_us_kal16/cmu_us_kal16.c	2005-01-03 08:08:06.000000000 -0600
-+++ flite-1.3-current/lang/cmu_us_kal16/cmu_us_kal16.c	2008-07-18 18:07:57.000000000 -0500
-@@ -46,16 +46,22 @@
- static cst_utterance *cmu_us_kal_postlex(cst_utterance *u);
- extern cst_diphone_db cmu_us_kal16_db;
- 
--cst_voice *cmu_us_kal_diphone = NULL;
-+cst_voice *cmu_us_kal16_diphone = NULL;
- 
--cst_voice *register_cmu_us_kal(const char *voxdir)
-+cst_voice *register_cmu_us_kal16(const char *voxdir)
- {
--    cst_voice *v = new_voice();
-+    cst_voice *v;
-+
-+    if (cmu_us_kal16_diphone) {
-+		return cmu_us_kal16_diphone;
-+	}
-+
-+	v = new_voice();
- 
-     usenglish_init(v);
- 
-     /* Set up basic values for synthesizing with this voice */
--    feat_set_string(v->features,"name","cmu_us_kal_diphone");
-+    feat_set_string(v->features,"name","cmu_us_kal16_diphone");
- 
-     /* Lexicon */
-     cmu_lex_init();
-@@ -78,17 +84,17 @@
-     feat_set_string(v->features,"resynth_type","fixed");
-     feat_set_string(v->features,"join_type","modified_lpc");
- 
--    cmu_us_kal_diphone = v;
-+    cmu_us_kal16_diphone = v;
- 
--    return cmu_us_kal_diphone;
-+    return cmu_us_kal16_diphone;
- }
- 
--void unregister_cmu_us_kal(cst_voice *v)
-+void unregister_cmu_us_kal16(cst_voice *v)
- {
--    if (v != cmu_us_kal_diphone)
-+    if (v != cmu_us_kal16_diphone)
- 	return;
-     delete_voice(v);
--    cmu_us_kal_diphone = NULL;
-+    cmu_us_kal16_diphone = NULL;
- }
- 
- static void fix_ah(cst_utterance *u)