diff --git a/libs/pcre/Makefile b/libs/pcre/Makefile
index 6a9c4144c..75fa99299 100644
--- a/libs/pcre/Makefile
+++ b/libs/pcre/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=pcre
-PKG_VERSION:=8.37
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=8.38
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/pcre
-PKG_MD5SUM:=ed91be292cb01d21bc7e526816c26981
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/
+PKG_MD5SUM:=00aabbfe56d5a48b270f999b508c5ad2
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Thomas Heil <heil@terminal-consulting.de>
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/libs/pcre/patches/100-pcre-cve-2015-3210.patch b/libs/pcre/patches/100-pcre-cve-2015-3210.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 276d09e9a..000000000
--- a/libs/pcre/patches/100-pcre-cve-2015-3210.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-Index: pcre-8.37/pcre_compile.c
-===================================================================
---- a/pcre_compile.c
-+++ b/pcre_compile.c
-@@ -7177,14 +7177,26 @@
-           number. If the name is not found, set the value to 0 for a forward
-           reference. */
- 
-+          recno = 0;
-           ng = cd->named_groups;
-           for (i = 0; i < cd->names_found; i++, ng++)
-             {
-             if (namelen == ng->length &&
-                 STRNCMP_UC_UC(name, ng->name, namelen) == 0)
--              break;
-+              {
-+              open_capitem *oc;
-+              recno = ng->number;
-+              if (is_recurse) break;
-+              for (oc = cd->open_caps; oc != NULL; oc = oc->next)         
-+                {          
-+                if (oc->number == recno)                                     
-+                  {               
-+                  oc->flag = TRUE;                                      
-+                  break;
-+                  }                                                         
-+                }                          
-+              }    
-             }
--          recno = (i < cd->names_found)? ng->number : 0;
- 
-           /* Count named back references. */