diff --git a/lfs/wget b/lfs/wget
index fd4c9472d..eef2a2597 100644
--- a/lfs/wget
+++ b/lfs/wget
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2013  IPFire Team <info@ipfire.org>                      #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2014  IPFire Team <info@ipfire.org>                      #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 1.14
+VER        = 1.16
 
 THISAPP    = wget-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 316f6f59292c9098ad81fd54f658c579
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = fe102975ab3a6c049777883f1bb9ad07
 
 install : $(TARGET)
 
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar Jxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/wget-1.14-texi2pod-1.patch
-
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--sysconfdir=/etc \