diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/libmatchbox/files/check.m4 b/meta/recipes-graphics/libmatchbox/files/check.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 97bfd9c478..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/libmatchbox/files/check.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,133 +0,0 @@
-dnl AM_PATH_CHECK([MINIMUM-VERSION, [ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]]])
-dnl Test for check, and define CHECK_CFLAGS and CHECK_LIBS
-dnl
-
-AC_DEFUN(AM_PATH_CHECK,
-[
-  AC_ARG_WITH(check,
-  [  --with-check=PATH       prefix where check is installed [default=auto]])
- 
-  min_check_version=ifelse([$1], ,0.8.2,$1)
-
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for check - version >= $min_check_version)
-
-  if test x$with_check = xno; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(disabled)
-    ifelse([$3], , AC_MSG_ERROR([disabling check is not supported]), [$3])
-  else
-    if test "x$with_check" != x; then
-      CHECK_CFLAGS="-I$with_check/include"
-      CHECK_LIBS="-L$with_check/lib -lcheck"
-    else
-      CHECK_CFLAGS=""
-      CHECK_LIBS="-lcheck"
-    fi
-
-    ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-    ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $CHECK_CFLAGS"
-    LIBS="$CHECK_LIBS $LIBS"
-
-    rm -f conf.check-test
-    AC_TRY_RUN([
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include <check.h>
-
-int main ()
-{
-  int major, minor, micro;
-  char *tmp_version;
-
-  system ("touch conf.check-test");
-
-  /* HP/UX 9 (%@#!) writes to sscanf strings */
-  tmp_version = strdup("$min_check_version");
-  if (sscanf(tmp_version, "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro) != 3) {
-     printf("%s, bad version string\n", "$min_check_version");
-     return 1;
-   }
-    
-  if ((CHECK_MAJOR_VERSION != check_major_version) ||
-      (CHECK_MINOR_VERSION != check_minor_version) ||
-      (CHECK_MICRO_VERSION != check_micro_version))
-    {
-      printf("\n*** The check header file (version %d.%d.%d) does not match\n",
-	     CHECK_MAJOR_VERSION, CHECK_MINOR_VERSION, CHECK_MICRO_VERSION);
-      printf("*** the check library (version %d.%d.%d).\n",
-	     check_major_version, check_minor_version, check_micro_version);
-      return 1;
-    }
-
-  if ((check_major_version > major) ||
-      ((check_major_version == major) && (check_minor_version > minor)) ||
-      ((check_major_version == major) && (check_minor_version == minor) && (check_micro_version >= micro)))
-    {
-      return 0;
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      printf("\n*** An old version of check (%d.%d.%d) was found.\n",
-             check_major_version, check_minor_version, check_micro_version);
-      printf("*** You need a version of check being at least %d.%d.%d.\n", major, minor, micro);
-      printf("***\n"); 
-      printf("*** If you have already installed a sufficiently new version, this error\n");
-      printf("*** probably means that the wrong copy of the check library and header\n");
-      printf("*** file is being found. Rerun configure with the --with-check=PATH option\n");
-      printf("*** to specify the prefix where the correct version was installed.\n");
-    }
-
-  return 1;
-}
-],, no_check=yes, [echo $ac_n "cross compiling; assumed OK... $ac_c"])
-
-    CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
-    LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
-
-    if test "x$no_check" = x ; then
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-      ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
-    else
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-      if test -f conf.check-test ; then
-        :
-      else
-        echo "*** Could not run check test program, checking why..."
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $CHECK_CFLAGS"
-        LIBS="$CHECK_LIBS $LIBS"
-        AC_TRY_LINK([
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include <check.h>
-], ,  [ echo "*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means"
-        echo "*** that the run-time linker is not finding check. You'll need to set your"
-        echo "*** LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, or edit /etc/ld.so.conf to point"
-        echo "*** to the installed location  Also, make sure you have run ldconfig if that"
-        echo "*** is required on your system"
-	echo "***"
-        echo "*** If you have an old version installed, it is best to remove it, although"
-        echo "*** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH"],
-      [ echo "*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for"
-        echo "*** the exact error that occured." ])
-      
-        CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
-        LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
-      fi
-
-      CHECK_CFLAGS=""
-      CHECK_LIBS=""
-
-      rm -f conf.check-test
-      ifelse([$3], , AC_MSG_ERROR([check not found]), [$3])
-    fi
-
-    AC_SUBST(CHECK_CFLAGS)
-    AC_SUBST(CHECK_LIBS)
-
-    rm -f conf.check-test
-
-  fi
-])
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/libmatchbox/libmatchbox_1.10.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/libmatchbox/libmatchbox_1.11.bb
similarity index 70%
rename from meta/recipes-graphics/libmatchbox/libmatchbox_1.10.bb
rename to meta/recipes-graphics/libmatchbox/libmatchbox_1.11.bb
index a1531b838e..244a495002 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/libmatchbox/libmatchbox_1.10.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/libmatchbox/libmatchbox_1.11.bb
@@ -10,19 +10,10 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=7fbc338309ac38fefcd64b04bb903e34 \
 
 DEPENDS = "virtual/libx11 libxext expat libxft jpeg libpng zlib libxsettings-client startup-notification"
 
-SRC_URI = "http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/matchbox/${BPN}/${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
-           file://check.m4"
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "042c5874631dfb95151aa793dc1434b8"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "d14d4844840e3e1e4faa9f9e90060915d39b6033f6979464ab3ea3fe1c4f9293"
-
-PR = "r0"
+SRC_URI = "http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/matchbox/${BPN}/${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.bz2"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "fc6cc807f55a3e7c752d8013176875d7"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "254cab52e304a3512c8df4be59d690cf3921bbb68a28ede7fe26b93534217b53"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
-S = "${WORKDIR}/libmatchbox-${PV}"
-
-do_configure_prepend () {
-	cp ${WORKDIR}/check.m4 ${S}/
-}
-
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--enable-jpeg --enable-expat --enable-xsettings --enable-startup-notification"