diff --git a/make/openssl.mk b/make/openssl.mk
index afbca22976..b35bb31352 100644
--- a/make/openssl.mk
+++ b/make/openssl.mk
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 # TARGETS
 OPENSSL_SITE:=http://www.openssl.org/source
-OPENSSL_SOURCE:=openssl-0.9.7a.tar.gz
-OPENSSL_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/openssl-0.9.7a
+OPENSSL_SOURCE:=openssl-0.9.7c.tar.gz
+OPENSSL_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/openssl-0.9.7c
 OPENSSL_PATCH=$(SOURCE_DIR)/openssl.patch
 
 $(DL_DIR)/$(OPENSSL_SOURCE):
diff --git a/sources/openssl.patch b/sources/openssl.patch
index 341f47e60f..31f7a4475e 100644
--- a/sources/openssl.patch
+++ b/sources/openssl.patch
@@ -171,14 +171,6 @@
 +    {
 +         return SSL_library_init();
 +    }
---- openssl-0.9.7.orig/tools/c_rehash
-+++ openssl-0.9.7/tools/c_rehash
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--#!/usr/local/bin/perl
-+#!/usr/bin/perl
- 
- 
- # Perl c_rehash script, scan all files in a directory
 --- openssl-0.9.7.orig/tools/c_rehash.in
 +++ openssl-0.9.7/tools/c_rehash.in
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@