diff --git a/package/vlc/vlc-0001-fix-link-error.patch b/package/vlc/vlc-0001-fix-link-error.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0acae8f038..0000000000
--- a/package/vlc/vlc-0001-fix-link-error.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-Fix a link error.
-
-Signed-off-by: Simon Dawson <spdawson@gmail.com>
-
-diff -Nurp a/bin/Makefile.am b/bin/Makefile.am
---- a/bin/Makefile.am	2013-12-03 09:12:34.000000000 +0000
-+++ b/bin/Makefile.am	2014-01-06 22:03:34.888581851 +0000
-@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ vlc_static_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) \
- 	-DTOP_SRCDIR=\"$$(cd "$(top_srcdir)"; pwd)\" \
- 	$(NULL)
- vlc_static_DEPENDENCIES = $(vlc_DEPENDENCIES)
--vlc_static_LDADD = $(vlc_LDADD)
-+vlc_static_LDADD = $(vlc_LDADD) ../compat/libcompat.la
- vlc_static_LDFLAGS = $(vlc_LDFLAGS)
- 
- if HAVE_WIN32
-diff -Nurp a/bin/Makefile.in b/bin/Makefile.in
---- a/bin/Makefile.in	2013-12-07 16:17:01.000000000 +0000
-+++ b/bin/Makefile.in	2014-01-06 22:04:10.888444978 +0000
-@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ vlc_static_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) \
- 	$(NULL)
- 
- vlc_static_DEPENDENCIES = $(vlc_DEPENDENCIES)
--vlc_static_LDADD = $(vlc_LDADD)
-+vlc_static_LDADD = $(vlc_LDADD) ../compat/libcompat.la
- vlc_static_LDFLAGS = $(vlc_LDFLAGS) $(am__append_7)
- @HAVE_WIN32_TRUE@vlc_DEPENDENCIES = vlc_win32_rc.$(OBJEXT)
- vlc_cache_gen_SOURCES = cachegen.c
diff --git a/package/vlc/vlc-0001-vlc-static.patch b/package/vlc/vlc-0001-vlc-static.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..faf7e80a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/vlc/vlc-0001-vlc-static.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -uNr vlc-2.1.5.org/bin/Makefile.am vlc-2.1.5/bin/Makefile.am
+--- vlc-2.1.5.org/bin/Makefile.am	2013-12-03 10:12:34.000000000 +0100
++++ vlc-2.1.5/bin/Makefile.am	2014-08-03 12:30:06.722154518 +0200
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ # Building vlc
+ #
+ bin_PROGRAMS = vlc
+-noinst_PROGRAMS = vlc-static
++noinst_PROGRAMS =
+ noinst_DATA =
+ vlclib_PROGRAMS = vlc-cache-gen
+ EXTRA_PROGRAMS = vlc-wrapper
+diff -uNr vlc-2.1.5.org/Makefile.am vlc-2.1.5/Makefile.am
+--- vlc-2.1.5.org/Makefile.am	2014-02-14 18:40:50.000000000 +0100
++++ vlc-2.1.5/Makefile.am	2014-08-03 12:29:52.059010766 +0200
+@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
+ 	cd lib && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) libvlc.la
+ 
+ core: libvlc vlc$(EXEEXT)
+-	cd bin && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) vlc$(EXEEXT) vlc-static$(EXEEXT)
++	cd bin && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) vlc$(EXEEXT)
+ 
+ doc:
+ 	cd doc && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) doc