diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index c05a8bbffe1..7149df1562d 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2097,7 +2097,7 @@ libkasten3okteta1core.so.1 okteta5-17.08.3_1
 libkasten3okteta1gui.so.1 okteta5-17.08.3_1
 libokteta2core.so.2 okteta5-17.08.3_1
 libokteta2gui.so.2 okteta5-17.08.3_1
-libhttp_parser.so.2.7.1 http-parser-2.7.1_1
+libhttp_parser.so.2.8 http-parser-2.8.0_1
 libmaa.so.3 libmaa-1.3.2_1
 libcodeblocks.so.0 codeblocks-13.12_1
 liblept.so.5 leptonica-1.73_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/http-parser/patches/fix-destdir.diff b/srcpkgs/http-parser/patches/fix-destdir.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 74da0c64039..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/http-parser/patches/fix-destdir.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.orig	2015-10-29 05:47:12.000000000 +0100
-+++ Makefile	2015-10-30 06:13:29.642432556 +0100
-@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ CFLAGS_LIB = $(CFLAGS_FAST) -fPIC
- LDFLAGS_LIB = $(LDFLAGS) -shared
- 
- INSTALL ?= install
--PREFIX ?= $(DESTDIR)/usr/local
-+PREFIX ?= /usr/local
- LIBDIR = $(PREFIX)/lib
- INCLUDEDIR = $(PREFIX)/include
- 
-@@ -123,17 +123,17 @@ tags: http_parser.c http_parser.h test.c
- 	ctags $^
- 
- install: library
--	$(INSTALL) -D  http_parser.h $(INCLUDEDIR)/http_parser.h
--	$(INSTALL) -D $(SONAME) $(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME)
--	ln -s $(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME) $(LIBDIR)/libhttp_parser.$(SOEXT)
-+	$(INSTALL) -D  http_parser.h $(DESTDIR)/$(INCLUDEDIR)/http_parser.h
-+	$(INSTALL) -D $(SONAME) $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME)
-+	ln -sr $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME) $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/libhttp_parser.$(SOEXT)
- 
- install-strip: library
--	$(INSTALL) -D  http_parser.h $(INCLUDEDIR)/http_parser.h
--	$(INSTALL) -D -s $(SONAME) $(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME)
--	ln -s $(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME) $(LIBDIR)/libhttp_parser.$(SOEXT)
-+	$(INSTALL) -D  http_parser.h $(DESTDIR)/$(INCLUDEDIR)/http_parser.h
-+	$(INSTALL) -D -s $(SONAME) $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME)
-+	ln -sr $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME) $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBDIR)/libhttp_parser.$(SOEXT)
- 
- uninstall:
--	rm $(INCLUDEDIR)/http_parser.h
-+	rm $(DESTDIR)/$(INCLUDEDIR)/http_parser.h
- 	rm $(LIBDIR)/$(SONAME)
- 	rm $(LIBDIR)/libhttp_parser.so
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/http-parser/template b/srcpkgs/http-parser/template
index af76872debc..d0346c8825b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/http-parser/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/http-parser/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'http-parser'
 pkgname=http-parser
-version=2.7.1
+version=2.8.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="HTTP request/response parser for c"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="https://github.com/joyent/http-parser"
 distfiles="$homepage/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=70409ad324e5de2da6a0f39e859e566d497c1ff0a249c0c38a5012df91b386b3
+checksum=7277c6f99bf6fc272eb5d8fc3dca01e7cc1d4ae609b5d2c5d5e18added98479d
 make_build_target=library
 
 pre_install() {