diff --git a/core/glibc/PKGBUILD b/core/glibc/PKGBUILD
index 34c3333b4..5ff9f659f 100644
--- a/core/glibc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/glibc/PKGBUILD
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ source=(http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libc/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz{,.sig}
         glibc-2.18-getaddrinfo-assertion.patch
         glibc-2.18-xattr-compat-hack.patch
         local-soname-hack.diff
-        fix-hf-ld.so.cache.patch
         nscd.service
         nscd.tmpfiles
         locale.gen.txt
@@ -52,14 +51,13 @@ md5sums=('88fbbceafee809e82efd52efa1e3c58f'
          '154da6bf5a5248f42a7bf5bf08e01a47'
          'b79561ab9dce900e9bbeaf0d49927c2b'
          'c7264b99d0f7e51922a4d3126182c40a'
+         '01d19fe9b2aea489cf5651530e0369f2'
+         '4441f6dfe7d75ced1fa75e54dd21d36e'
          '9749ba386b08a8fe53e7ecede9bf2dfb'
          '71329fccb8eb583fb0d67b55f1e8df68'
          'd4d86add33f22125777e0ecff06bc9bb'
-         '01d19fe9b2aea489cf5651530e0369f2'
-         '4441f6dfe7d75ced1fa75e54dd21d36e'
          '7ca96c68a37f2a4ab91792bfa0160a24'
-         '589d79041aa767a5179eaa4e2737dd3f'
-         'ad8a9af15ab7eeaa23dc7ee85024af9f'
+         '905370139382428ef2b97b247c0970bf'
          'd5fab2cd3abea65aa5ae696ea4a47d6b'
          'da662ca76e7c8d7efbc7986ab7acea2d'
          '07ac979b6ab5eeb778d55f041529d623'
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ prepare() {
   # ALARM: patch for hard-float ld-linux soname
   if [[ $CARCH == "armv6h" || $CARCH == "armv7h" ]]; then
     patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/local-soname-hack.diff
-    patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/fix-hf-ld.so.cache.patch
   fi
 
   mkdir ${srcdir}/glibc-build
diff --git a/core/glibc/fix-hf-ld.so.cache.patch b/core/glibc/fix-hf-ld.so.cache.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bfaea2f09..000000000
--- a/core/glibc/fix-hf-ld.so.cache.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/elf/cache.c b/elf/cache.c
-index 9901952..699550b 100644
---- a/elf/cache.c
-+++ b/elf/cache.c
-@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ print_entry (const char *lib, int flag, unsigned int osversion,
-     case FLAG_AARCH64_LIB64:
-       fputs (",AArch64", stdout);
-       break;
-+    /* Uses the ARM soft-float ABI.  */
-+    case FLAG_ARM_LIBSF:
-+      fputs (",soft-float", stdout);
-+      break;
-     case 0:
-       break;
-     default:
-diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/ldconfig.h b/sysdeps/generic/ldconfig.h
-index 57a9a46..91190aa 100644
---- a/sysdeps/generic/ldconfig.h
-+++ b/sysdeps/generic/ldconfig.h
-@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
- #define FLAG_X8664_LIBX32	0x0800
- #define FLAG_ARM_LIBHF		0x0900
- #define FLAG_AARCH64_LIB64	0x0a00
-+#define FLAG_ARM_LIBSF		0x0b00
- 
- /* Name of auxiliary cache.  */
- #define _PATH_LDCONFIG_AUX_CACHE "/var/cache/ldconfig/aux-cache"
-diff --git a/ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/dl-cache.h b/ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/dl-cache.h
-index acc4f28..1221181 100644
---- a/ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/dl-cache.h
-+++ b/ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/dl-cache.h
-@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@
- 
- #include <ldconfig.h>
- 
-+/* In order to support the transition from unmarked objects
-+   to marked objects we must treat unmarked objects as
-+   compatible with either FLAG_ARM_LIBHF or FLAG_ARM_LIBSF.  */
- #ifdef __ARM_PCS_VFP
- # define _dl_cache_check_flags(flags) \
--  ((flags) == (FLAG_ARM_LIBHF | FLAG_ELF_LIBC6))
-+  ((flags) == (FLAG_ARM_LIBHF | FLAG_ELF_LIBC6) \
-+   || (flags) == FLAG_ELF_LIBC6)
- #else
- # define _dl_cache_check_flags(flags) \
--  ((flags) == FLAG_ELF_LIBC6)
-+  ((flags) == (FLAG_ARM_LIBSF | FLAG_ELF_LIBC6) \
-+   || (flags) == FLAG_ELF_LIBC6)
- #endif
- 
- #include_next <dl-cache.h>
-diff --git a/ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/readelflib.c b/ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/readelflib.c
-index 81e5ccb..0fbd0dc 100644
---- a/ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/readelflib.c
-+++ b/ports/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/readelflib.c
-@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ process_elf_file (const char *file_name, const char *lib, int *flag,
- 	  if (elf32_header->e_flags & EF_ARM_ABI_FLOAT_HARD)
- 	    *flag = FLAG_ARM_LIBHF|FLAG_ELF_LIBC6;
- 	  else if (elf32_header->e_flags & EF_ARM_ABI_FLOAT_SOFT)
-+	    *flag = FLAG_ARM_LIBSF|FLAG_ELF_LIBC6;
-+	  else
-+	    /* We must assume the unmarked objects are compatible
-+	       with all ABI variants. Such objects may have been
-+	       generated in a transitional period when the ABI
-+	       tags were not added to all objects.  */
- 	    *flag = FLAG_ELF_LIBC6;
- 	}
-     }
diff --git a/core/glibc/local-soname-hack.diff b/core/glibc/local-soname-hack.diff
index 94d44c216..da7ab04ce 100644
--- a/core/glibc/local-soname-hack.diff
+++ b/core/glibc/local-soname-hack.diff
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 diff -urN a/elf/dl-load.c b/elf/dl-load.c
---- a/elf/dl-load.c	2012-06-30 13:12:34.000000000 -0600
-+++ b/elf/dl-load.c	2012-07-06 15:45:51.728813355 -0600
-@@ -2081,10 +2081,13 @@
+--- a/elf/dl-load.c	2013-08-10 16:52:55.000000000 -0600
++++ b/elf/dl-load.c	2014-01-17 12:25:32.482819996 -0700
+@@ -2105,10 +2105,13 @@
  	  soname = ((const char *) D_PTR (l, l_info[DT_STRTAB])
  		    + l->l_info[DT_SONAME]->d_un.d_val);
  	  if (strcmp (name, soname) != 0)