diff --git a/srcpkgs/h2o/patches/x-compile.patch b/srcpkgs/h2o/patches/x-compile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c9394af55a1..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/h2o/patches/x-compile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index fe507e9ec25c..91f45a301304 100644
---- CMakeLists.txt
-+++ CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@ SET(WITH_BUNDLED_SSL_DEFAULT "ON")
- IF ((NOT UNIX) OR CYGWIN)
-     SET(WITH_BUNDLED_SSL_DEFAULT "OFF")
- ENDIF ((NOT UNIX) OR CYGWIN)
--STRING(REGEX MATCH "^(amd64|AMD64|x86_64|x86||i[3456]86)$" PROC_MATCH ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR})
--IF (NOT PROC_MATCH)
--    MESSAGE("target processor ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} is not x86")
-+IF (NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} STREQUAL "")
-+    STRING(REGEX MATCH "^(amd64|AMD64|x86_64|x86||i[3456]86)$" PROC_MATCH ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR})
-+    IF (NOT PROC_MATCH)
-+        MESSAGE("target processor ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} is not x86")
-+        SET(WITH_BUNDLED_SSL_DEFAULT "OFF")
-+    ENDIF (NOT PROC_MATCH)
-+ELSE ()
-     SET(WITH_BUNDLED_SSL_DEFAULT "OFF")
--ENDIF (NOT PROC_MATCH)
-+ENDIF ()
- IF (OPENSSL_FOUND AND NOT (OPENSSL_VERSION VERSION_LESS "1.0.2"))
-     SET(WITH_BUNDLED_SSL_DEFAULT "OFF")
- ENDIF (OPENSSL_FOUND AND NOT (OPENSSL_VERSION VERSION_LESS "1.0.2"))
diff --git a/srcpkgs/h2o/template b/srcpkgs/h2o/template
index 11c2f7e8c86..72433953c6e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/h2o/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/h2o/template
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'h2o'
 pkgname=h2o
-version=1.4.5
+version=1.5.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 conf_files="/etc/h2o.conf"
 system_accounts="h2o"
 make_dirs="/var/log/h2o 0750 root root"
-hostmakedepends="cmake"
-makedepends="libressl-devel"
+hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
+makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel"
 depends="perl"
 short_desc="An optimized HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x and HTTP/2"
 maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/h2o/h2o"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0f60e8d35afad61afc284a7abfa9c9a3b976e8f9faed3f0966fb34056e2e138d
+checksum=b0700b30e26852d6dca2fc72d3f742ab8a0694ae7e1871e33b0cfb5ce1bdde7e
 
 post_install() {
 	vsv h2o