diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 3f0f0052b6f..73436d079df 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2963,13 +2963,13 @@ libkea-cc.so.8 libkea-1.6.0_1
 libkea-cfgclient.so.9 libkea-1.7.5_1
 libkea-cryptolink.so.5 libkea-1.7.0_1
 libkea-database.so.4 libkea-1.7.2_1
-libkea-dhcp++.so.16 libkea-1.7.6_1
+libkea-dhcp++.so.17 libkea-1.7.8_1
 libkea-dhcp_ddns.so.2 libkea-1.7.0_1
-libkea-dhcpsrv.so.23 libkea-1.7.7_1
+libkea-dhcpsrv.so.24 libkea-1.7.8_1
 libkea-dns++.so.3 libkea-1.5.0_1
 libkea-eval.so.12 libkea-1.7.0_1
 libkea-exceptions.so.0 libkea-1.1.0_1
-libkea-hooks.so.12 libkea-1.7.7_1
+libkea-hooks.so.13 libkea-1.7.8_1
 libkea-http.so.6 libkea-1.7.2_1
 libkea-log.so.5 libkea-1.7.0_1
 libkea-pgsql.so.0 libkea-1.7.1_1
@@ -2977,7 +2977,7 @@ libkea-process.so.9 libkea-1.7.7_1
 libkea-stats.so.5 libkea-1.7.7_1
 libkea-threads.so.3 libkea-1.7.0_1
 libkea-util-io.so.0 libkea-1.1.0_1
-libkea-util.so.12 libkea-1.7.7_1
+libkea-util.so.13 libkea-1.7.8_1
 libytnef.so.0 ytnef-1.8_1
 libpisock.so.9 pilot-link-0.12.5_1
 libpisync.so.1 pilot-link-0.12.5_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kea/patches/cross-cxx-regex.patch b/srcpkgs/kea/patches/cross-cxx-regex.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a44d71afe3a..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/kea/patches/cross-cxx-regex.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-diff --git configure.ac configure.ac
-index 02fcd8b..20a7cc6 100755
---- configure.ac
-+++ configure.ac
-@@ -540,6 +540,21 @@ AC_TRY_COMPILE([
-         AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
- 
- AC_MSG_CHECKING(for usuable C++11 regex)
-+AC_TRY_COMPILE([
-+#ifdef __clang__
-+  /* suppose all clang are usable */
-+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
-+  #if (__GNUC__ * 100 + __GNUC_MINOR__) < 409
-+    #error regex was implemented in gcc 4.9
-+  #endif
-+#else
-+  #error unknown compiler
-+#endif
-+],[ ],
-+[
-+	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-+	AC_DEFINE(USE_REGEX, 1, [Define to 1 if C++11 regex is usable])
-+],
- AC_TRY_RUN([
- #include <regex>
- #include <iostream>
-@@ -552,6 +567,7 @@ int main() {
-         [AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-         AC_DEFINE(USE_REGEX, 1, [Define to 1 if C++11 regex is usable])],
-         AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
-+)
- 
- # Run the gtest detection routines. This supports --with-gtest and --with-gtest-source
- # parameters. If specified, those will set the HAVE_GTEST, HAVE_GTEST_SOURCE,
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kea/template b/srcpkgs/kea/template
index 77a3465bae1..c82b1aa9c94 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kea/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kea/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'kea'
 pkgname=kea
-version=1.7.7
+version=1.7.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-generate-docs --with-openssl=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
 license="MPL-2.0, Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://kea.isc.org"
 distfiles="http://ftp.isc.org/isc/kea/${version/.P/-P}/kea-${version/.P/-P}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0bba8b045672884a928ff4b2a8575ac5ba420eb6ba47a9338f1932bc38dcf866
+checksum=7e8aa7d51fe7ee61962aedc6256ae458e077e9209650d4d2a859ef4f0ed9a958
 
 build_options="botan mysql pgsql"
 desc_option_botan="With Botan SSL support"