diff --git a/patches/weechat-2.1.local.patch b/patches/weechat-2.1.local.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b08df5..0000000
--- a/patches/weechat-2.1.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
---- weechat-2.1/configure.orig	2017-11-28 13:45:00.520000000 +0000
-+++ weechat-2.1/configure	2017-11-28 13:46:29.676000000 +0000
-@@ -22487,7 +22487,6 @@
- #                                  pkg-config
- # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 
--PKGCONFIG=""
- for ac_prog in pkg-config
- do
-   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
-@@ -24277,8 +24276,8 @@
- else
-     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
- $as_echo "yes" >&6; }
--    GCRYPT_CFLAGS=`libgcrypt-config --cflags`
--    GCRYPT_LFLAGS=`libgcrypt-config --libs`
-+    GCRYPT_CFLAGS=`$LIBGCRYPT_CONFIG --cflags`
-+    GCRYPT_LFLAGS=`$LIBGCRYPT_CONFIG --libs`
- 
- 
- fi
-@@ -24355,8 +24354,8 @@
-     else
-         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
- $as_echo "yes" >&6; }
--        GNUTLS_CFLAGS=`pkg-config gnutls --cflags`
--        GNUTLS_LFLAGS=`pkg-config gnutls --libs`
-+        GNUTLS_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG gnutls --cflags`
-+        GNUTLS_LFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG gnutls --libs`
- 
- 
-         $as_echo "#define HAVE_GNUTLS 1" >>confdefs.h
-@@ -24567,8 +24566,8 @@
- else
-     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
- $as_echo "yes" >&6; }
--    ZLIB_CFLAGS=`pkg-config zlib --cflags`
--    ZLIB_LFLAGS=`pkg-config zlib --libs`
-+    ZLIB_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG zlib --cflags`
-+    ZLIB_LFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG zlib --libs`
- 
- 
- fi
diff --git a/patches/weechat-2.1_pre.local.patch b/patches/weechat-2.1_pre.local.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e05a332..0000000
--- a/patches/weechat-2.1_pre.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- weechat-2.1/autogen.sh.orig	2016-10-02 09:35:04.000000000 +0200
-+++ weechat-2.1/autogen.sh	2016-12-07 21:16:43.722726800 +0100
-@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
- run "rm -rf intl"
- 
- # execute autoreconf cmds
--run "autoreconf -fvi"
-+run "autoreconf -vi"
- 
- # ending
- rm -f $AUTOGEN_LOG
diff --git a/patches/weechat-2.4.local.patch b/patches/weechat-2.4.local.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b08df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/weechat-2.4.local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--- weechat-2.1/configure.orig	2017-11-28 13:45:00.520000000 +0000
++++ weechat-2.1/configure	2017-11-28 13:46:29.676000000 +0000
+@@ -22487,7 +22487,6 @@
+ #                                  pkg-config
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 
+-PKGCONFIG=""
+ for ac_prog in pkg-config
+ do
+   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+@@ -24277,8 +24276,8 @@
+ else
+     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+ $as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+-    GCRYPT_CFLAGS=`libgcrypt-config --cflags`
+-    GCRYPT_LFLAGS=`libgcrypt-config --libs`
++    GCRYPT_CFLAGS=`$LIBGCRYPT_CONFIG --cflags`
++    GCRYPT_LFLAGS=`$LIBGCRYPT_CONFIG --libs`
+ 
+ 
+ fi
+@@ -24355,8 +24354,8 @@
+     else
+         { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+ $as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+-        GNUTLS_CFLAGS=`pkg-config gnutls --cflags`
+-        GNUTLS_LFLAGS=`pkg-config gnutls --libs`
++        GNUTLS_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG gnutls --cflags`
++        GNUTLS_LFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG gnutls --libs`
+ 
+ 
+         $as_echo "#define HAVE_GNUTLS 1" >>confdefs.h
+@@ -24567,8 +24566,8 @@
+ else
+     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+ $as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+-    ZLIB_CFLAGS=`pkg-config zlib --cflags`
+-    ZLIB_LFLAGS=`pkg-config zlib --libs`
++    ZLIB_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG zlib --cflags`
++    ZLIB_LFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG zlib --libs`
+ 
+ 
+ fi
diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index f4dca4f..d06068d 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -1576,8 +1576,8 @@ mailutils mtr mutt microsocks nginx openlitespeed openssh pacman rsync socat tht
 : ${PKG_THTTPD_IN_TREE:=1};
 : ${PKG_THTTPD_MAKE_INSTALL_VNAME:=prefix};
 : ${PKG_THTTPD_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD_EXTRA:=-j1};
-: ${PKG_WEECHAT_SHA256SUM:=2c27fa68783bd4fda7ad00d6f3ea0fefb6c792f4bda8261ca7106ea4b4595906};
-: ${PKG_WEECHAT_VERSION:=2.1};
+: ${PKG_WEECHAT_SHA256SUM:=963fecddf55c4c8d6c96938d1a907e448679817706e7d20bc6af24797085a74c};
+: ${PKG_WEECHAT_VERSION:=2.4};
 : ${PKG_WEECHAT_URL:=https://weechat.org/files/src/weechat-${PKG_WEECHAT_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_WEECHAT_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--disable-aspell --disable-guile --disable-javascript --disable-lua --disable-perl --disable-python --disable-ruby --disable-tcl"};
 : ${PKG_WEECHAT_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:="CURL_CONFIG=${PREFIX_NATIVE}/bin/curl-config:LIBGCRYPT_CONFIG=${PREFIX_NATIVE}/bin/libgcrypt-config"};