diff --git a/libs/libmpc/Makefile b/libs/libmpc/Makefile
index 2381d8f912..7cef09d71b 100644
--- a/libs/libmpc/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libmpc/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mpc
-PKG_VERSION:=1.3.1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.4.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/mpc/
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_HASH:=ab642492f5cf882b74aa0cb730cd410a81edcdbec895183ce930e706c1c759b8
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_HASH:=91204cd32f164bd3b7c992d4a6a8ce6519511aadab30f78b6982d0bf8d73e931
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-3.0-or-later
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING.LESSER
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ PKG_MAINTAINER:=Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
+# Build/install only the library; skip the tests, doc and tools subdirs.
+PKG_SUBDIRS:=src
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
diff --git a/libs/libmpc/patches/001-only-src.patch b/libs/libmpc/patches/001-only-src.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8201ec7b0e..0000000000
--- a/libs/libmpc/patches/001-only-src.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- a/Makefile.am
-+++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
- # VERSION = @VERSION@@GITVERSION@ # for development version
- VERSION = @VERSION@
- 
--SUBDIRS = src tests doc tools
-+SUBDIRS = src
- 
- EXTRA_HEADERS = src/mpc-log.h
- include_HEADERS = src/mpc.h @MPC_LOG_H@
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ top_build_prefix = @top_build_prefix@
- top_builddir = @top_builddir@
- top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
- ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
--SUBDIRS = src tests doc tools
-+SUBDIRS = src
- EXTRA_HEADERS = src/mpc-log.h
- include_HEADERS = src/mpc.h @MPC_LOG_H@
- EXTRA_DIST = doc/fdl-1.3.texi src/mpc-log.h