diff --git a/packages/network/ppp/patches/ppp-2.4.5-cflags.patch b/packages/network/ppp/patches/ppp-2.4.5-cflags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 09b43d4d9c..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/ppp/patches/ppp-2.4.5-cflags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur ppp-2.4.5/pppd/Makefile.linux ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppd/Makefile.linux
---- ppp-2.4.5/pppd/Makefile.linux	2009-11-16 23:26:07.000000000 +0100
-+++ ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppd/Makefile.linux	2012-08-17 12:12:33.380938243 +0200
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
- 
- # CC = gcc
- #
--COPTS = -O2 -pipe -Wall -g
-+COPTS := -O2 -pipe -Wall -g
- LIBS =
- 
- # Uncomment the next 2 lines to include support for Microsoft's
diff --git a/packages/network/ppp/patches/ppp-cflags.patch b/packages/network/ppp/patches/ppp-cflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01b24cebb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/ppp/patches/ppp-cflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+diff -Naur ppp-2.4.5/chat/Makefile.linux ppp-2.4.5.patch/chat/Makefile.linux
+--- ppp-2.4.5/chat/Makefile.linux	2009-11-16 23:26:07.000000000 +0100
++++ ppp-2.4.5.patch/chat/Makefile.linux	2014-01-10 08:57:16.699478234 +0100
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
+ CDEF4=	-DFNDELAY=O_NDELAY		# Old name value
+ CDEFS=	$(CDEF1) $(CDEF2) $(CDEF3) $(CDEF4)
+ 
+-COPTS=	-O2 -g -pipe
++COPTS:=	-O2 -g -pipe
+ CFLAGS=	$(COPTS) $(CDEFS)
+ 
+ INSTALL= install
+diff -Naur ppp-2.4.5/pppd/Makefile.linux ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppd/Makefile.linux
+--- ppp-2.4.5/pppd/Makefile.linux	2009-11-16 23:26:07.000000000 +0100
++++ ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppd/Makefile.linux	2014-01-10 08:55:22.876569576 +0100
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ 
+ # CC = gcc
+ #
+-COPTS = -O2 -pipe -Wall -g
++COPTS := -O2 -pipe -Wall -g
+ LIBS =
+ 
+ # Uncomment the next 2 lines to include support for Microsoft's
+diff -Naur ppp-2.4.5/pppd/plugins/Makefile.linux ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppd/plugins/Makefile.linux
+--- ppp-2.4.5/pppd/plugins/Makefile.linux	2009-11-16 23:26:07.000000000 +0100
++++ ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppd/plugins/Makefile.linux	2014-01-10 08:56:05.739471826 +0100
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ #CC	= gcc
+-COPTS	= -O2 -g
++COPTS	:= -O2 -g
+ CFLAGS	= $(COPTS) -I.. -I../../include -fPIC
+ LDFLAGS	= -shared
+ INSTALL	= install
+diff -Naur ppp-2.4.5/pppd/plugins/pppoatm/Makefile.linux ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppd/plugins/pppoatm/Makefile.linux
+--- ppp-2.4.5/pppd/plugins/pppoatm/Makefile.linux	2009-11-16 23:26:07.000000000 +0100
++++ ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppd/plugins/pppoatm/Makefile.linux	2014-01-10 08:56:36.406462256 +0100
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ #CC	= gcc
+-COPTS	= -O2 -g
++COPTS	:= -O2 -g
+ CFLAGS	= $(COPTS) -I../.. -I../../../include -fPIC
+ LDFLAGS	= -shared
+ INSTALL	= install
+diff -Naur ppp-2.4.5/pppd/plugins/pppol2tp/Makefile.linux ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppd/plugins/pppol2tp/Makefile.linux
+--- ppp-2.4.5/pppd/plugins/pppol2tp/Makefile.linux	2009-11-16 23:26:07.000000000 +0100
++++ ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppd/plugins/pppol2tp/Makefile.linux	2014-01-10 08:56:54.647468343 +0100
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ #CC	= gcc
+-COPTS	= -O2 -g
++COPTS	:= -O2 -g
+ CFLAGS	= $(COPTS) -I. -I../.. -I../../../include -fPIC
+ LDFLAGS	= -shared
+ INSTALL	= install
+diff -Naur ppp-2.4.5/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/Makefile.linux ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/Makefile.linux
+--- ppp-2.4.5/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/Makefile.linux	2009-11-16 23:26:07.000000000 +0100
++++ ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/Makefile.linux	2014-01-10 08:56:20.595464447 +0100
+@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
+ # Version is set ONLY IN THE MAKEFILE!  Don't delete this!
+ RP_VERSION=3.8p
+ 
+-COPTS=-O2 -g
++COPTS:=-O2 -g
+ CFLAGS=$(COPTS) -I../../../include '-DRP_VERSION="$(RP_VERSION)"'
+ all: rp-pppoe.so pppoe-discovery
+ 
+diff -Naur ppp-2.4.5/pppstats/Makefile.linux ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppstats/Makefile.linux
+--- ppp-2.4.5/pppstats/Makefile.linux	2009-11-16 23:26:07.000000000 +0100
++++ ppp-2.4.5.patch/pppstats/Makefile.linux	2014-01-10 08:57:41.568497184 +0100
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
+ PPPSTATOBJS = pppstats.o
+ 
+ #CC = gcc
+-COPTS = -O
++COPTS := -O
+ COMPILE_FLAGS = -I../include
+ LIBS =
+