diff --git a/package/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.hash b/package/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.hash
index 13e1b474bc..ec00442277 100644
--- a/package/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.hash
+++ b/package/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  1068bca1e9870e9492096f97c409cd15f10c5019c183e52ec6d53e8d18630cbf  protobuf-c-1.4.0.tar.gz
-sha256  20e800cad4550f4b19bb37fc9577dac21de13333ae66497c4c45ae489c35c34a  LICENSE
+sha256  4cc4facd508172f3e0a4d3a8736225d472418aee35b4ad053384b137b220339f  protobuf-c-1.4.1.tar.gz
+sha256  b8999cb392cc5bbe8cd679de59584ad8d2f26033123e76f1d662fa14b9d4f287  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.mk b/package/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.mk
index 7dd3b09a6c..0742a33db2 100644
--- a/package/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.mk
+++ b/package/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PROTOBUF_C_VERSION = 1.4.0
-PROTOBUF_C_SITE = $(call github,protobuf-c,protobuf-c,v$(PROTOBUF_C_VERSION))
+PROTOBUF_C_VERSION = 1.4.1
+PROTOBUF_C_SITE = https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c/releases/download/v$(PROTOBUF_C_VERSION)
 PROTOBUF_C_DEPENDENCIES = host-protobuf-c
 HOST_PROTOBUF_C_DEPENDENCIES = host-protobuf host-pkgconf
 PROTOBUF_C_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ PROTOBUF_C_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 PROTOBUF_C_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause
 PROTOBUF_C_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 PROTOBUF_C_CPE_ID_VENDOR = protobuf-c_project
-PROTOBUF_C_AUTORECONF = YES
-HOST_PROTOBUF_C_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 # host-protobuf needs c++11 (since 3.6.0)
 HOST_PROTOBUF_C_CONF_ENV += CXXFLAGS="$(HOST_CXXFLAGS) -std=c++11"