diff --git a/net/curl/Makefile b/net/curl/Makefile
index e8c2cc103..55e660364 100644
--- a/net/curl/Makefile
+++ b/net/curl/Makefile
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=curl
-PKG_VERSION:=7.72.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=7.73.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://dl.uxnr.de/mirror/curl/ \
 	https://curl.mirror.anstey.ca/ \
 	https://curl.askapache.com/download/ \
 	https://curl.haxx.se/download/
-PKG_HASH:=0ded0808c4d85f2ee0db86980ae610cc9d165e9ca9da466196cc73c346513713
+PKG_HASH:=7c4c7ca4ea88abe00fea4740dcf81075c031b1d0bb23aff2d5efde20a3c2408a
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
diff --git a/net/curl/patches/100-configure-fix-pkg-config-detecting-wolfssl.patch b/net/curl/patches/100-configure-fix-pkg-config-detecting-wolfssl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a77e5c69d..000000000
--- a/net/curl/patches/100-configure-fix-pkg-config-detecting-wolfssl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-From 510d98157f21dee5793c4e975fde3317b6139267 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
-Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:28:34 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] configure: fix pkg-config detecting wolfssl
-
-When amending the include path with "/wolfssl", this now properly strips
-off all whitespace from the path variable! Previously this would lead to
-pkg-config builds creating bad command lines.
-
-Closes #5848
----
- configure.ac | 8 ++++++--
- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -2474,8 +2474,12 @@ if test -z "$ssl_backends" -o "x$OPT_WOL
-             AC_DEFINE(HAVE_WOLFSSL_DES_ECB_ENCRYPT, 1,
-                       [if you have wolfSSL_DES_ecb_encrypt])
-             if test -n "$addcflags"; then
--              CPPFLAGS="$addcflags/wolfssl $CPPFLAGS"
--              AC_MSG_NOTICE([Add $addcflags/wolfssl to CPPFLAGS])
-+              dnl use a for loop to strip off whitespace
-+              for f in $addcflags; do
-+                CPPFLAGS="$f/wolfssl $CPPFLAGS"
-+                AC_MSG_NOTICE([Add $f/wolfssl to CPPFLAGS])
-+                break
-+              done
-             else
-               dnl user didn't give a path, so guess/hope they installed wolfssl
-               dnl headers to system default location
diff --git a/net/curl/patches/200-no_docs_tests.patch b/net/curl/patches/200-no_docs_tests.patch
index b5f92b58c..0ffcb491e 100644
--- a/net/curl/patches/200-no_docs_tests.patch
+++ b/net/curl/patches/200-no_docs_tests.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/Makefile.am
 +++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ CLEANFILES = $(VC6_LIBDSP) $(VC6_SRCDSP)
+@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ CLEANFILES = $(VC6_LIBDSP) $(VC6_SRCDSP)
  bin_SCRIPTS = curl-config
  
  SUBDIRS = lib src
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  
  pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
  pkgconfig_DATA = libcurl.pc
-@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ cygwinbin:
+@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ cygwinbin:
  # We extend the standard install with a custom hook:
  install-data-hook:
  	(cd include && $(MAKE) install)