diff --git a/network/haproxy/haproxy.desc b/network/haproxy/haproxy.desc
index a6fbc1900..1c2aeffe0 100644
--- a/network/haproxy/haproxy.desc
+++ b/network/haproxy/haproxy.desc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.3.15.8
+[V] 1.3.17
 [P] X -----5---9 800.000
 
-[D] 2140914534 haproxy-1.3.15.8.tar.gz http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.3/src/
+[D] 4010808130 haproxy-1.3.17.tar.gz http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.3/src/
diff --git a/network/haproxy/pcre-linking-fix.patch b/network/haproxy/pcre-linking-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f56fcee4..000000000
--- a/network/haproxy/pcre-linking-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../haproxy/pcre-linking-fix.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2009 The OpenSDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-From: Christian Wiese <morfoh@opensde.org>
-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:47:04 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] [BUILD] Fixed Makefile for linking pcre
-
-If both make parameters USE_PCRE and USE_STATIC_PCRE are set to 1
-while building haproxy, pcre gets linked in dynamically.
-
-Therefore we check if USE_STATIC_PCRE was explicitely enabled to
-ommit the CFLAGS and LDFLAGS normally set if USE_PCRE is enabled.
-
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index f9696df..e141c5f 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -387,12 +387,14 @@ ifneq ($(USE_PCRE),)
- ifeq ($(PCREDIR),)
- PCREDIR	        := $(shell pcre-config --prefix 2>/dev/null || echo /usr/local)
- endif
-+ifneq ($(USE_STATIC_PCRE),1)
- OPTIONS_CFLAGS  += -DUSE_PCRE -I$(PCREDIR)/include
- OPTIONS_LDFLAGS += -L$(PCREDIR)/lib -lpcreposix -lpcre
-+endif
- BUILD_OPTIONS   += $(call ignore_implicit,USE_PCRE)
- endif
- 
--ifneq ($(USE_STATIC_PCRE),)
-+ifeq ($(USE_STATIC_PCRE),1)
- # PCREDIR is the directory hosting include/pcre.h and lib/libpcre.*. It is
- # automatically detected but can be forced if required.
- ifeq ($(PCREDIR),)