diff --git a/net/memcached/Makefile b/net/memcached/Makefile
index ec8869442..8f2b46419 100644
--- a/net/memcached/Makefile
+++ b/net/memcached/Makefile
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=memcached
-PKG_VERSION:=1.5.2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.5.14
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://memcached.org/files
-PKG_HASH:=9ac93113bdb5d037e79c61277386564ac2e5e31d49e594f11e554e4c149b7245
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://memcached.org/files
+PKG_HASH:=9c5bdf29a780fb6c6f7c9eaaeeda0583efdf663193758c3e316c969a510af2a9
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Thomas Heil <heil@terminal-consulting.de>
-
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ define Package/memcached
   CATEGORY:=Network
   DEPENDS:=+libevent2 +libpthread
   TITLE:=The high-performance, distributed memory object caching system
-  URL:=http://memcached.org/
+  URL:=https://memcached.org/
 endef
 
 define Package/memcached/description
@@ -54,12 +53,6 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--disable-coverage \
 	--disable-sasl
 
-TARGET_CFLAGS += \
-	-std=gnu99
-
-TARGET_LDFLAGS = \
-	-L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libevent -L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib -L$(STAGING_DIR)/lib
-
 define Package/memcached/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/memcached $(1)/usr/bin/
diff --git a/net/memcached/patches/100-fix_iov_max.patch b/net/memcached/patches/100-fix_iov_max.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 55a980ca5..000000000
--- a/net/memcached/patches/100-fix_iov_max.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-Index: memcached-1.4.26/memcached.c
-===================================================================
---- memcached-1.4.26.orig/memcached.c
-+++ memcached-1.4.26/memcached.c
-@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
-  *      Anatoly Vorobey <mellon@pobox.com>
-  *      Brad Fitzpatrick <brad@danga.com>
-  */
-+#ifndef __need_IOV_MAX
-+#define __need_IOV_MAX
-+#endif
-+
- #include "memcached.h"
- #include <sys/stat.h>
- #include <sys/socket.h>
-@@ -30,9 +34,6 @@
- #define _P1003_1B_VISIBLE
- #endif
- /* need this to get IOV_MAX on some platforms. */
--#ifndef __need_IOV_MAX
--#define __need_IOV_MAX
--#endif
- #include <pwd.h>
- #include <sys/mman.h>
- #include <fcntl.h>