diff --git a/packages/security/libgcrypt/package.mk b/packages/security/libgcrypt/package.mk
index 5d349fc43f..4579c4a25c 100644
--- a/packages/security/libgcrypt/package.mk
+++ b/packages/security/libgcrypt/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="libgcrypt"
-PKG_VERSION="1.6.5"
+PKG_VERSION="1.7.3"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPLv2"
@@ -31,10 +31,18 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Libgcrypt is a general purpose cryptographic library based on the
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_sys_symbol_underscore=no \
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="CC_FOR_BUILD=$HOST_CC \
+                           ac_cv_sys_symbol_underscore=no \
                            --enable-asm \
                            --with-gnu-ld \
-                           --with-libgpg-error-prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr"
+                           --with-libgpg-error-prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
+                           --disable-doc"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  # libgcrypt-1.7.x fails to build with LTO support
+  # see for example https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581114
+    strip_lto
+}
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   sed -e "s:\(['= ]\)\"/usr:\\1\"$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr:g" -i src/$PKG_NAME-config
diff --git a/packages/security/libgcrypt/patches/libgcrypt-disable-docs.patch b/packages/security/libgcrypt/patches/libgcrypt-disable-docs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fe71ddbe9..0000000000
--- a/packages/security/libgcrypt/patches/libgcrypt-disable-docs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur libgcrypt-1.6.4/Makefile.am libgcrypt-1.6.4.patch/Makefile.am
---- libgcrypt-1.6.4/Makefile.am	2015-09-07 14:05:57.000000000 +0200
-+++ libgcrypt-1.6.4.patch/Makefile.am	2016-01-03 00:00:27.392411468 +0100
-@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
- # (A suitable gitlog-to-changelog script can be found in GnuPG master.)
- GITLOG_TO_CHANGELOG=gitlog-to-changelog
- 
--DIST_SUBDIRS = m4 compat mpi cipher random src doc tests
--SUBDIRS =         compat mpi cipher random src doc tests
-+DIST_SUBDIRS = m4 compat mpi cipher random src
-+SUBDIRS =         compat mpi cipher random src
- 
- EXTRA_DIST = autogen.sh autogen.rc README.GIT LICENSES      	           \
-              ChangeLog-2011 build-aux/ChangeLog-2011 doc/ChangeLog-2011    \