diff --git a/dev-libs/libpurple/libpurple-2.14.6.recipe b/dev-libs/libpurple/libpurple-2.14.8.recipe
similarity index 97%
rename from dev-libs/libpurple/libpurple-2.14.6.recipe
rename to dev-libs/libpurple/libpurple-2.14.8.recipe
index a474f5467..e2d952711 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libpurple/libpurple-2.14.6.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libpurple/libpurple-2.14.8.recipe
@@ -3,18 +3,17 @@ DESCRIPTION="libpurple is a library for IM communication used by many open \
 source IM clients. It implements a variety of protocols, for example IRC, \
 Jabber or ICQ."
 HOMEPAGE="https://pidgin.im/"
+COPYRIGHT="1998-2021 Rob Flynn et al."
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pidgin/Pidgin/$portVersion/pidgin-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="bb45f7c032f9efd6922a5dbf2840995775e5584771b23992d04f6eff7dff5336"
-COPYRIGHT="1998-2021 Rob Flynn et al."
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="3f8085c0211c4ca1ba9f8a03889b3d60738432c1673b57b0086070ef6e094cca"
 SOURCE_DIR="pidgin-$portVersion"
-PATCHES="libpurple-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
-libVersion=0.14.6
+libVersion=0.14.8
 libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%%.*}"
 
 PROVIDES="
diff --git a/dev-libs/libpurple/patches/libpurple-2.14.6.patchset b/dev-libs/libpurple/patches/libpurple-2.14.6.patchset
deleted file mode 100644
index cf6e7d638..000000000
--- a/dev-libs/libpurple/patches/libpurple-2.14.6.patchset
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-From 985fb364d36a7d35a73c7c29b5e4da6c0009957e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Zolt=C3=A1n=20Mizsei?= <zmizsei@extrowerk.com>
-Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 10:24:31 +0200
-Subject: SIOCGIFCONF on Haiku resides in sockio.h
-
-
-diff --git a/libpurple/network.c b/libpurple/network.c
-index c43e3c7..f5dcc02 100644
---- a/libpurple/network.c
-+++ b/libpurple/network.c
-@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@
- #include <idna.h>
- #endif
- 
-+#ifdef __HAIKU__
-+#  ifndef SIOCGIFCONF
-+#    include <sys/sockio.h>
-+#  endif
-+#endif
-+
- /*
-  * Calling sizeof(struct ifreq) isn't always correct on
-  * Mac OS X (and maybe others).
-diff --git a/libpurple/stun.c b/libpurple/stun.c
-index 96bacda..c6eaaf4 100644
---- a/libpurple/stun.c
-+++ b/libpurple/stun.c
-@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
- #include <sys/sockio.h>
- #endif
- 
-+#ifdef __HAIKU__
-+#  ifndef SIOCGIFCONF
-+#    include <sys/sockio.h>
-+#  endif
-+#endif
-+
- #include "debug.h"
- #include "account.h"
- #include "dnsquery.h"
--- 
-2.16.4
-