diff --git a/pcre/pcre.patch b/pcre/pcre.patch
index b075fe2cc7..bb76706b6a 100644
--- a/pcre/pcre.patch
+++ b/pcre/pcre.patch
@@ -14,15 +14,3 @@ Index: pcreposix.h
  PCREPOSIX_EXP_DECL int regcomp(regex_t *, const char *, int);
  PCREPOSIX_EXP_DECL int regexec(const regex_t *, const char *, size_t,
                       regmatch_t *, int);
-Index: pcre_compile.c
---- pcre_compile.c
-+++ pcre_compile.c
-@@ -4931,7 +4931,7 @@
-                (lengthptr == NULL || *lengthptr == 2 + 2*LINK_SIZE))
-             {
-             cd->external_options = newoptions;
--            options = newoptions;
-+            options = *optionsptr = newoptions;
-             }
-          else
-             {
diff --git a/pcre/pcre.spec b/pcre/pcre.spec
index 81e037a6cc..91a1ce8b99 100644
--- a/pcre/pcre.spec
+++ b/pcre/pcre.spec
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG Community
 Class:        BASE
 Group:        Libraries
 License:      LGPL
-Version:      7.7
-Release:      20080813
+Version:      7.8
+Release:      20080906
 
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