diff --git a/package/python-apispec/0001-fix-setup-encoding.patch b/package/python-apispec/0001-fix-setup-encoding.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 835b114f7d..0000000000
--- a/package/python-apispec/0001-fix-setup-encoding.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -uNr apispec-0.39.0-orig/setup.py apispec-0.39.0-patched/setup.py
---- apispec-0.39.0-orig/setup.py	2018-06-29 05:50:26.000000000 +0300
-+++ apispec-0.39.0-patched/setup.py	2019-01-24 23:36:41.947206745 +0200
-@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
-     Raises RuntimeError if not found.
-     """
-     version = ''
--    with open(fname, 'r') as fp:
-+    with open(fname, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fp:
-         reg = re.compile(r'__version__ = [\'"]([^\'"]*)[\'"]')
-         for line in fp:
-             m = reg.match(line)
diff --git a/package/python-pycurl/python-pycurl.mk b/package/python-pycurl/python-pycurl.mk
index 1ee1417ff6..87dd998d90 100644
--- a/package/python-pycurl/python-pycurl.mk
+++ b/package/python-pycurl/python-pycurl.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ PYTHON_PYCURL_VERSION = 7.43.0.2
 PYTHON_PYCURL_SOURCE = pycurl-$(PYTHON_PYCURL_VERSION).tar.gz
 PYTHON_PYCURL_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e8/e4/0dbb8735407189f00b33d84122b9be52c790c7c3b25286826f4e1bdb7bde
 PYTHON_PYCURL_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
-PYTHON_PYCURL_BUILD_OPTS = --curl-config=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/curl-config --with-ssl
+PYTHON_PYCURL_BUILD_OPTS = --curl-config=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/curl-config --with-openssl
+PYTHON_PYCURL_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS = --curl-config=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/curl-config --with-openssl
 PYTHON_PYCURL_ENV = PATH=$(PATH):$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin
 
 $(eval $(python-package))