diff --git a/packages/web/curl/package.mk b/packages/web/curl/package.mk
index 77c111e4ea..669b2002a6 100644
--- a/packages/web/curl/package.mk
+++ b/packages/web/curl/package.mk
@@ -23,18 +23,9 @@
 #   see also http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/14674 .
 #   Easiest way to reproduce is to install gdrive addon and play a video from
 #   there: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=177557
-# - curl-7.35.0+ suffers from http://sourceforge.net/p/curl/bugs/1329/
-#   see http://openelec.tv/forum/120-news-announcements/70230-beta-openelec-4-0-beta-4-released#102526
-#   ERROR: CCurlFile::Stat - Failed: SSL connect error(35) for https://r3---sn-uxaxovg-5gos.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?ms=au&mt=1396702895&mv=m&id=o-ALo-Jz1LzwTiuQsF_PQdKzyWDm1Y423KOiPAk1wqHYrO&upn=PXY5TrK_TKk&ratebypass=yes&source=youtube&key=yt5&requiressl=yes&ipbits=0&sver=3&gcr=se&sparams=gcr,id,ip,ipbits,itag,ratebypass,requiressl,source,upn,expire&fexp=906399,909207,914088,916625,944603,937417,913434,936916,934022,936923&ip=213.112.234.108&itag=22&expire=1396727620&signature=688EA13BC8E378BD984F94336156EB3E90181B8F.5372D0B8B3650E6A8063B5148F9F4B353B0FA059
-#   to test (dont work):
-#   OpenELEC:~ # curl https://r3---sn-uxaxovg-5gos.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?ms=au&mt=1396702895&mv=m&id=o-ALo-Jz1LzwTiuQsF_PQdKzyWDm1Y423KOiPAk1wqHYrO&upn=PXY5TrK_TKk&ratebypass=yes&source=youtube&key=yt5&requiressl=yes&ipbits=0&sver=3&gcr=se&sparams=gcr,id,ip,ipbits,itag,ratebypass,requiressl,source,upn,expire&fexp=906399,909207,914088,916625,944603,937417,913434,936916,934022,936923&ip=213.112.234.108&itag=22&expire=1396727620&signature=688EA13BC8E378BD984F94336156EB3E90181B8F.5372D0B8B3650E6A8063B5148F9F4B353B0FA059
-#   OpenELEC:~ # curl: (35) error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure
-#   to test (works):
-#   OpenELEC:~ # curl --ciphers ALL https://r3---sn-uxaxovg-5gos.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?ms=au&mt=1396702895&mv=m&id=o-ALo-Jz1LzwTiuQsF_PQdKzyWDm1Y423KOiPAk1wqHYrO&upn=PXY5TrK_TKk&ratebypass=yes&source=youtube&key=yt5&requiressl=yes&ipbits=0&sver=3&gcr=se&sparams=gcr,id,ip,ipbits,itag,ratebypass,requiressl,source,upn,expire&fexp=906399,909207,914088,916625,944603,937417,913434,936916,934022,936923&ip=213.112.234.108&itag=22&expire=1396727620&signature=688EA13BC8E378BD984F94336156EB3E90181B8F.5372D0B8B3650E6A8063B5148F9F4B353B0FA059
-#   OpenELEC:~ #
 
 PKG_NAME="curl"
-PKG_VERSION="7.34.0"
+PKG_VERSION="7.36.0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
diff --git a/packages/web/curl/patches/curl-01-disable-manual.patch b/packages/web/curl/patches/curl-01-disable-manual.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48721693a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web/curl/patches/curl-01-disable-manual.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Apply fix from 38d582ff541353d738858299d4a2b78bafac03ed to unbreak
+building with --disable-manual.
+We don't use the literal patch since that means re-generating files
+from the tarball that are usually shipped.
+
+Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
+
+diff -Nura curl-7.36.0.orig/src/tool_hugehelp.c curl-7.36.0/src/tool_hugehelp.c
+--- curl-7.36.0.orig/src/tool_hugehelp.c	2014-03-31 19:28:23.018515093 -0300
++++ curl-7.36.0/src/tool_hugehelp.c	2014-03-31 19:28:09.994076200 -0300
+@@ -4165,6 +4165,10 @@
+ "  these mailing lists instead of mailing any individual.\n"
+ , stdout) ;
+ }
++#else /* !USE_MANUAL */
++/* built-in manual is disabled, blank function */
++#include "tool_hugehelp.h"
++void hugehelp(void) {}
+ #endif /* USE_MANUAL */
+ #else
+ /*
+@@ -8192,5 +8196,9 @@
+   }
+   inflateEnd(&z);
+ }
++#else
++/* built-in manual is disabled, blank function */
++#include "tool_hugehelp.h"
++void hugehelp(void) {}
+ #endif /* USE_MANUAL */
+ #endif /* HAVE_LIBZ */
diff --git a/packages/web/curl/patches/curl-01_rtsp-parse-Session-header-properly.patch b/packages/web/curl/patches/curl-01_rtsp-parse-Session-header-properly.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 24edb89158..0000000000
--- a/packages/web/curl/patches/curl-01_rtsp-parse-Session-header-properly.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From 69e0602a6d44f2d1bc93f059f275417c37a05b48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Stefan Saraev <stefan@saraev.ca>
-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:18:26 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] rtsp: parse "Session:" header properly
-
-backport https://github.com/bagder/curl/commit/4ff71183b999761b07d54dd44743a4d59b2dad84
----
- lib/rtsp.c |    2 +-
- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/lib/rtsp.c b/lib/rtsp.c
-index 9d7a9a9..6e7aecd 100644
---- a/lib/rtsp.c
-+++ b/lib/rtsp.c
-@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_rtsp_parseheader(struct connectdata *conn,
-     char *start;
- 
-     /* Find the first non-space letter */
--    start = header + 9;
-+    start = header + 8;
-     while(*start && ISSPACE(*start))
-       start++;
- 
--- 
-1.7.2.5
-