diff --git a/libs/libftdi1/Makefile b/libs/libftdi1/Makefile
index 4087d6b1c6..4c70694b2b 100644
--- a/libs/libftdi1/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libftdi1/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libftdi1
-PKG_VERSION:=1.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=6
+PKG_VERSION:=1.5
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/download/
-PKG_HASH:=ec36fb49080f834690c24008328a5ef42d3cf584ef4060f3a35aa4681cb31b74
+PKG_HASH:=7c7091e9c86196148bd41177b4590dccb1510bfe6cea5bf7407ff194482eb049
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-only
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ define Package/ftdi_eeprom/description
 endef
 
 CMAKE_OPTIONS += \
-	-DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=ON \
 	-DBUILD_TESTS=OFF \
 	-DDOCUMENTATION=OFF \
 	-DEXAMPLES=OFF
 
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(call Build/InstallDev/cmake,$(1))
+	$(SED) 's,^\(prefix\|exec_prefix\)=.*,\1=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr,g' $(1)/usr/bin/libftdi1-config
 	$(SED) 's,/usr/bin,/usr,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libftdi1.pc
 	$(SED) 's,/usr/include,$$$${prefix}/include,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libftdi1.pc
 	$(SED) 's,/usr/lib,$$$${exec_prefix}/lib,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libftdi1.pc
diff --git a/libs/libftdi1/patches/101-use-findSWIG.patch b/libs/libftdi1/patches/101-use-findSWIG.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 91542ca28d..0000000000
--- a/libs/libftdi1/patches/101-use-findSWIG.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ option ( LINK_PYTHON_LIBRARY "Link again
- 
- if ( PYTHON_BINDINGS )
-   # workaround for cmake bug #0013449
--  if ( NOT DEFINED CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH )
-+  if ( NOT DEFINED CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH OR CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.0.0 )
-     find_package ( SWIG )
-   else ()
-     find_program ( SWIG_EXECUTABLE NAMES swig2.0 swig )