diff --git a/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group b/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group
index 61215aa..7204476 100644
--- a/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group
+++ b/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group
@@ -338,8 +338,9 @@ zstd")";
 : ${PKG_P7ZIP_BUILD_STEPS_DISABLE:=install_make};
 : ${PKG_P7ZIP_IN_TREE:=1};
 : ${PKG_P7ZIP_INSTALL_FILES:="../p7zip-midipix.git/bin/7za=bin/"};
-: ${PKG_PCRE_SHA256SUM:=19108658b23b3ec5058edc9f66ac545ea19f9537234be1ec62b714c84399366d};
-: ${PKG_PCRE_VERSION:=8.44};
+: ${PKG_PCRE_DEPENDS:="bzip2 libz"};
+: ${PKG_PCRE_SHA256SUM:=4dae6fdcd2bb0bb6c37b5f97c33c2be954da743985369cddac3546e3218bffb8};
+: ${PKG_PCRE_VERSION:=8.45};
 : ${PKG_PCRE_URL:=https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre/pcre-${PKG_PCRE_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
 : ${PKG_PCRE2_DEPENDS:="bzip2 libz"};
 : ${PKG_PCRE2_SHA256SUM:=a9ef39278113542968c7c73a31cfcb81aca1faa64690f400b907e8ab6b4a665c};
diff --git a/patches/pcre-8.44.local.patch b/patches/pcre-8.44.local.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index babbfce..0000000
--- a/patches/pcre-8.44.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- pcre-8.42/Makefile.in.orig	2018-03-20 10:53:18.000000000 +0000
-+++ pcre-8.42/Makefile.in	2018-08-21 20:20:32.800000000 +0000
-@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@
- # it is generated from pcre.h.in.
- nodist_include_HEADERS = pcre.h $(am__append_1)
- include_HEADERS = pcreposix.h $(am__append_2)
--bin_SCRIPTS = pcre-config
-+bin_SCRIPTS =
- @WITH_REBUILD_CHARTABLES_TRUE@dftables_SOURCES = dftables.c
- BUILT_SOURCES = pcre_chartables.c
- @WITH_PCRE8_TRUE@libpcre_la_SOURCES = \
diff --git a/patches/pcre-8.45.local.patch b/patches/pcre-8.45.local.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..babbfce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/pcre-8.45.local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pcre-8.42/Makefile.in.orig	2018-03-20 10:53:18.000000000 +0000
++++ pcre-8.42/Makefile.in	2018-08-21 20:20:32.800000000 +0000
+@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@
+ # it is generated from pcre.h.in.
+ nodist_include_HEADERS = pcre.h $(am__append_1)
+ include_HEADERS = pcreposix.h $(am__append_2)
+-bin_SCRIPTS = pcre-config
++bin_SCRIPTS =
+ @WITH_REBUILD_CHARTABLES_TRUE@dftables_SOURCES = dftables.c
+ BUILT_SOURCES = pcre_chartables.c
+ @WITH_PCRE8_TRUE@libpcre_la_SOURCES = \