diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-httplib2/patches/ssl-mismatch-check.patch b/srcpkgs/python-httplib2/patches/ssl-mismatch-check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f9e2b3c021..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python-httplib2/patches/ssl-mismatch-check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-Description: Close connection on certificate mismatch to avoid reuse
-Author: Roman Podolyaka <rpodolyaka...mirantis.com>
-Forwarded: https://code.google.com/p/httplib2/issues/detail?id=282
-
-diff -r 93291649202b python2/httplib2/__init__.py
---- a/python2/httplib2/__init__.py	Tue Mar 26 14:17:48 2013 -0400
-+++ b/python2/httplib2/__init__.py	Tue Apr 23 10:32:15 2013 +0300
-@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@
-                         raise CertificateHostnameMismatch(
-                             'Server presented certificate that does not match '
-                             'host %s: %s' % (hostname, cert), hostname, cert)
--            except ssl_SSLError, e:
-+            except (ssl_SSLError, CertificateHostnameMismatch), e:
-                 if sock:
-                     sock.close()
-                 if self.sock:
-@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@
-                 # to get at more detailed error information, in particular
-                 # whether the error is due to certificate validation or
-                 # something else (such as SSL protocol mismatch).
--                if e.errno == ssl.SSL_ERROR_SSL:
-+                if hasattr(e, 'errno') and e.errno == ssl.SSL_ERROR_SSL:
-                     raise SSLHandshakeError(e)
-                 else:
-                     raise
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-httplib2/patches/use_system_cacerts.patch b/srcpkgs/python-httplib2/patches/use_system_cacerts.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b198d4e41a1..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python-httplib2/patches/use_system_cacerts.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-Description: Use system ca certificates, not the bundled ones
-Author: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
-Forwarded: not-needed
-Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/882027
-
-Index: b/python2/httplib2/__init__.py
-===================================================================
---- a/python2/httplib2/__init__.py	2013-03-18 22:37:43.423868573 +0100
-+++ b/python2/httplib2/__init__.py	2013-03-18 22:37:43.419868572 +0100
-@@ -190,9 +190,8 @@
-     import ca_certs_locater
-     CA_CERTS = ca_certs_locater.get()
- except ImportError:
--    # Default CA certificates file bundled with httplib2.
--    CA_CERTS = os.path.join(
--        os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__ )), "cacerts.txt")
-+    # Use system CA certificates
-+    CA_CERTS = "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
- 
- # Which headers are hop-by-hop headers by default
- HOP_BY_HOP = ['connection', 'keep-alive', 'proxy-authenticate', 'proxy-authorization', 'te', 'trailers', 'transfer-encoding', 'upgrade']
-Index: b/python3/httplib2/__init__.py
-===================================================================
---- a/python3/httplib2/__init__.py	2013-03-18 22:37:43.423868573 +0100
-+++ b/python3/httplib2/__init__.py	2013-03-18 22:37:43.419868572 +0100
-@@ -123,9 +123,8 @@
- # Which headers are hop-by-hop headers by default
- HOP_BY_HOP = ['connection', 'keep-alive', 'proxy-authenticate', 'proxy-authorization', 'te', 'trailers', 'transfer-encoding', 'upgrade']
- 
--# Default CA certificates file bundled with httplib2.
--CA_CERTS = os.path.join(
--        os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__ )), "cacerts.txt")
-+# Use system CA certificates
-+CA_CERTS = "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
- 
- def _get_end2end_headers(response):
-     hopbyhop = list(HOP_BY_HOP)
-Index: b/setup.py
-===================================================================
---- a/setup.py	2013-03-18 22:37:43.423868573 +0100
-+++ b/setup.py	2013-03-18 22:37:43.419868572 +0100
-@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
-         """,
-         package_dir=pkgdir,
-         packages=['httplib2'],
--        package_data={'httplib2': ['*.txt']},
-         classifiers=[
-         'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
-         'Environment :: Web Environment',
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-httplib2/template b/srcpkgs/python-httplib2/template
index 64fbf2be60d..a62e90f4355 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-httplib2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-httplib2/template
@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
 # Template file for 'python-httplib2'
 pkgname=python-httplib2
-version=0.9.2
-revision=3
+version=0.10.2
+revision=1
 noarch=yes
-patch_args="-Np1"
 wrksrc="httplib2-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python ca-certificates"
 pycompile_module="httplib2"
-short_desc="A comprehensive HTTP client library (Python2)"
+short_desc="Comprehensive HTTP client library (Python2)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/h/httplib2/httplib2-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=c3aba1c9539711551f4d83e857b316b5134a1c4ddce98a875b7027be7dd6d988
+checksum=ee10fe4505d1bb5b3d519e9b004cab7a12d10ce160aceab626a00cf5937d8927
 
-post_extract() {
-	chmod -R a+rX .
+post_install() {
+	# use system ca certificates
+	for py_sitelib in $py2_sitelib $py3_sitelib; do
+		rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/${py_sitelib}/httplib2/cacerts.txt
+		ln -sf /etc/ssl/cert.pem ${DESTDIR}/${py_sitelib}/httplib2/cacerts.txt
+	done
 }
 
 python3-httplib2_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3"
+	depends="python3 ca-certificates"
 	pycompile_module="httplib2"
 	replaces="python3.4-httplib2>=0"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"