diff --git a/package/python-pycurl/0001-link-with-crypto.patch b/package/python-pycurl/0001-link-with-crypto.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index be4ebe39c4..0000000000
--- a/package/python-pycurl/0001-link-with-crypto.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -uNr pycurl-7.19.5.1-orig/setup.py pycurl-7.19.5.1-new/setup.py
---- pycurl-7.19.5.1-orig/setup.py	2015-01-07 05:37:47.000000000 +0200
-+++ pycurl-7.19.5.1-new/setup.py	2015-04-05 11:44:25.356335107 +0300
-@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
-         self.include_dirs = []
-         self.define_macros = [("PYCURL_VERSION", '"%s"' % VERSION)]
-         self.library_dirs = []
--        self.libraries = []
-+        self.libraries = ['crypto']
-         self.runtime_library_dirs = []
-         self.extra_objects = []
-         self.extra_compile_args = []
diff --git a/package/python-pycurl/python-pycurl.mk b/package/python-pycurl/python-pycurl.mk
index 0cd7c72d77..c8923058f9 100644
--- a/package/python-pycurl/python-pycurl.mk
+++ b/package/python-pycurl/python-pycurl.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_PYCURL_VERSION = 7.19.5.1
+PYTHON_PYCURL_VERSION = 7.43.0.1
 PYTHON_PYCURL_SOURCE = pycurl-$(PYTHON_PYCURL_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_PYCURL_SITE = http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pycurl
+PYTHON_PYCURL_SITE = https://pypi.python.org/packages/77/d9/d272b38e6e25d2686e22f6058820298dadead69340b1c57ff84c87ef81f0/
 PYTHON_PYCURL_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
 PYTHON_PYCURL_BUILD_OPTS = --curl-config=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/curl-config --with-ssl
 PYTHON_PYCURL_ENV = PATH=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin