diff --git a/package/flex/Config.in b/package/flex/Config.in
index adef46867a..90a75f4756 100644
--- a/package/flex/Config.in
+++ b/package/flex/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FLEX
 	  A fast lexical analyser generator.  A tool for generating
 	  programs that perform pattern-matching on text.
 
-	  http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/
+	  http://flex.sourceforge.net/
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FLEX_BINARY
 	bool "Install tool in the target"
diff --git a/package/flex/flex-2.5.35-prog-ar.patch b/package/flex/flex-prog-ar.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/flex/flex-2.5.35-prog-ar.patch
rename to package/flex/flex-prog-ar.patch
diff --git a/package/flex/flex.mk b/package/flex/flex.mk
index b1963f98b3..834f0b548f 100644
--- a/package/flex/flex.mk
+++ b/package/flex/flex.mk
@@ -4,12 +4,8 @@
 #
 #############################################################
 
-FLEX_VERSION = 2.5.35
-FLEX_PATCH_VERSION = 10
-FLEX_SOURCE = flex_$(FLEX_VERSION).orig.tar.gz
-FLEX_PATCH = flex_$(FLEX_VERSION)-$(FLEX_PATCH_VERSION).diff.gz
-FLEX_SITE = $(BR2_DEBIAN_MIRROR)/debian/pool/main/f/flex
-FLEX_DIR = $(BUILD_DIR)/flex-$(FLEX_VERSION)
+FLEX_VERSION = 2.5.37
+FLEX_SITE = http://download.sourceforge.net/project/flex
 FLEX_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 FLEX_LICENSE = FLEX
 FLEX_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING