diff --git a/packages/network/libssh/package.mk b/packages/network/libssh/package.mk
index 734694f85d..9b69285dd7 100644
--- a/packages/network/libssh/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/libssh/package.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ PKG_SITE="http://www.libssh.org/"
 # PKG_URL="http://www.libssh.org/files/0.5/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 # PKG_URL="https://red.libssh.org/attachments/download/51/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz" # actually down
 PKG_URL="http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/libssh/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz/bb308196756c7255c0969583d917136b/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib libgcrypt"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib libressl"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="network"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libssh: A working SSH implementation by means of a library"
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ configure_target() {
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
         -DWITH_STATIC_LIB=1 \
         -DWITH_SERVER="OFF" \
-        -DWITH_GCRYPT="ON" \
+        -DWITH_GCRYPT="OFF" \
         ..
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/network/libssh/patches/libssh-gcrypt-1.6.patch b/packages/network/libssh/patches/libssh-gcrypt-1.6.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 11ad7a9f17..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/libssh/patches/libssh-gcrypt-1.6.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-From 1f689261eca006dfe11d7fd220218209a8d4d190 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Aris Adamantiadis <aris@0xbadc0de.be>
-Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 15:58:49 +0000
-Subject: threads: support libgcrypt 1.6 hack
-
-Not 100% satisfied of this patch, but the way libgcrypt handles
-threading in 1.6 is not compatible with custom handlers. The
-new code basicaly uses pthreads in every case. This will probably
-not work on windows.
----
-diff --git a/doc/threading.dox b/doc/threading.dox
-index a11c82f..95eee6b 100644
---- a/doc/threading.dox
-+++ b/doc/threading.dox
-@@ -61,5 +61,6 @@ implement the following methods :
- - mutex_destroy
- - thread_id
- 
-+libgcrypt 1.6 and bigger backend does not support custom callback. Using anything else than pthreads (ssh_threads_get_pthread()) here will fail.
- Good luck !
- */
-diff --git a/include/libssh/callbacks.h b/include/libssh/callbacks.h
-index a841f2e..9aa8bab 100644
---- a/include/libssh/callbacks.h
-+++ b/include/libssh/callbacks.h
-@@ -801,6 +801,8 @@ struct ssh_threads_callbacks_struct {
-  *
-  * @see ssh_threads_callbacks_struct
-  * @see SSH_THREADS_PTHREAD
-+ * @bug libgcrypt 1.6 and bigger backend does not support custom callback.
-+ *      Using anything else than pthreads here will fail.
-  */
- LIBSSH_API int ssh_threads_set_callbacks(struct ssh_threads_callbacks_struct
-     *cb);
-diff --git a/src/threads.c b/src/threads.c
-index 107c65d..7f3a304 100644
---- a/src/threads.c
-+++ b/src/threads.c
-@@ -59,8 +59,27 @@ struct ssh_threads_callbacks_struct *ssh_threads_get_noop(void) {
- static struct ssh_threads_callbacks_struct *user_callbacks =&ssh_threads_noop;
- 
- #ifdef HAVE_LIBGCRYPT
-+#if (GCRYPT_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x010600)
-+/* libgcrypt >= 1.6 does not support custom callbacks */
-+GCRY_THREAD_OPTION_PTHREAD_IMPL;
- 
--/* Libgcrypt specific way of handling thread callbacks */
-+static int libgcrypt_thread_init(void){
-+	if(user_callbacks == NULL)
-+		return SSH_ERROR;
-+	if(user_callbacks == &ssh_threads_noop)
-+		return SSH_OK;
-+	if (strcmp(user_callbacks->type, "threads_pthread") == 0){
-+		gcry_control (GCRYCTL_SET_THREAD_CBS, &gcry_threads_pthread);
-+		return SSH_OK;
-+	} else {
-+		/* not supported */
-+		gcry_control (GCRYCTL_SET_THREAD_CBS, &gcry_threads_pthread);
-+		return SSH_OK;
-+	}
-+}
-+
-+#else
-+/* Libgcrypt < 1.6 specific way of handling thread callbacks */
- 
- static struct gcry_thread_cbs gcrypt_threads_callbacks;
- 
-@@ -79,7 +99,8 @@ static int libgcrypt_thread_init(void){
- 	gcry_control(GCRYCTL_SET_THREAD_CBS, &gcrypt_threads_callbacks);
- 	return SSH_OK;
- }
--#else
-+#endif /* GCRYPT_VERSION_NUMBER */
-+#else /* HAVE_LIBGCRYPT */
- 
- /* Libcrypto specific stuff */
- 
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