diff --git a/package/libgpg-error/Config.in b/package/libgpg-error/Config.in
index 0659a834bf..dbb554989e 100644
--- a/package/libgpg-error/Config.in
+++ b/package/libgpg-error/Config.in
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_SYSCFG
 		if BR2_sparc
 	default "sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu" \
 		if BR2_sparc64
-	default "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" \
+	default "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" \
 		if BR2_x86_64
diff --git a/package/libgpg-error/libgpg-error.hash b/package/libgpg-error/libgpg-error.hash
index 93593b1411..b18ab7e6b6 100644
--- a/package/libgpg-error/libgpg-error.hash
+++ b/package/libgpg-error/libgpg-error.hash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-# https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.32.tar.bz2.sig
+# https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.33.tar.bz2.sig
 # using key D8692123C4065DEA5E0F3AB5249B39D24F25E3B6
-sha256 c345c5e73cc2332f8d50db84a2280abfb1d8f6d4f1858b9daa30404db44540ca  libgpg-error-1.32.tar.bz2
+sha256 5d38826656e746c936e7742d9cde072b50baa3c4c49daa168a56813612bf03ff  libgpg-error-1.33.tar.bz2
 # Locally calculated
 sha256 231f7edcc7352d7734a96eef0b8030f77982678c516876fcb81e25b32d68564c  COPYING
 sha256 a9bdde5616ecdd1e980b44f360600ee8783b1f99b8cc83a2beb163a0a390e861  COPYING.LIB
diff --git a/package/libgpg-error/libgpg-error.mk b/package/libgpg-error/libgpg-error.mk
index ef817c7cc6..d26d92fb05 100644
--- a/package/libgpg-error/libgpg-error.mk
+++ b/package/libgpg-error/libgpg-error.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBGPG_ERROR_VERSION = 1.32
+LIBGPG_ERROR_VERSION = 1.33
 LIBGPG_ERROR_SITE = https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgpg-error
 LIBGPG_ERROR_SOURCE = libgpg-error-$(LIBGPG_ERROR_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBGPG_ERROR_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1+
@@ -12,14 +12,7 @@ LIBGPG_ERROR_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
 LIBGPG_ERROR_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBGPG_ERROR_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = gpg-error-config
 LIBGPG_ERROR_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
-
-define LIBGPG_ERROR_FIX_CROSS_COMPILATION
-	cd $(@D)/src/syscfg && \
-	ln -s lock-obj-pub.$(call qstrip, $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_SYSCFG)).h \
-		lock-obj-pub.$(GNU_TARGET_NAME).h
-endef
-LIBGPG_ERROR_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += LIBGPG_ERROR_FIX_CROSS_COMPILATION
-
-LIBGPG_ERROR_CONF_OPTS = --disable-tests
+LIBGPG_ERROR_CONF_OPTS = --disable-tests \
+		--host=$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_SYSCFG)
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))