diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-support/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.9.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-support/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.9.2.bb
index d38540e..038c161 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-support/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.9.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-support/tcpdump/tcpdump_4.9.2.bb
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 SUMMARY = "A sophisticated network protocol analyzer"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.tcpdump.org/"
+SECTION = "net"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=1d4b0366557951c84a94fabe3529f867"
-SECTION = "net"
+
 DEPENDS = "libpcap"
 
 SRC_URI = " \
     http://www.tcpdump.org/release/${BP}.tar.gz \
     file://unnecessary-to-check-libpcap.patch \
+    file://avoid-absolute-path-when-searching-for-libdlpi.patch \
     file://add-ptest.patch \
     file://run-ptest \
 "
@@ -15,34 +17,25 @@
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "9bbc1ee33dab61302411b02dd0515576"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "798b3536a29832ce0cbb07fafb1ce5097c95e308a6f592d14052e1ef1505fe79"
 
-export LIBS=" -lpcap"
-
 inherit autotools-brokensep ptest
-CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS = "ac_cv_linux_vers=${ac_cv_linux_vers=2}"
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "openssl"
-PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "--with-crypto=yes, --without-openssl --without-crypto, openssl"
-PACKAGECONFIG[smi] = "--with-smi, --without-smi,libsmi"
-PACKAGECONFIG[libcap-ng] = "--with-cap-ng=yes,--with-cap-ng=no,libcap-ng"
+PACKAGECONFIG ?= "openssl"
 
-EXTRA_AUTORECONF += " -I m4"
+PACKAGECONFIG[libcap-ng] = "--with-cap-ng,--without-cap-ng,libcap-ng"
+PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "--with-crypto,--without-openssl --without-crypto,openssl"
+PACKAGECONFIG[smi] = "--with-smi,--without-smi,libsmi"
+
+EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "-I m4"
 
 do_configure_prepend() {
     mkdir -p ${S}/m4
     if [ -f aclocal.m4 ]; then
         mv aclocal.m4 ${S}/m4
     fi
-    # AC_CHECK_LIB(dlpi.. was looking to host /lib
-    sed -i 's:-L/lib::g' ./configure.in
-}
-do_configure_append() {
-    sed -i 's:-L/usr/lib::' ./Makefile
-    sed -i 's:-Wl,-rpath,${STAGING_LIBDIR}::' ./Makefile
-    sed -i 's:-I/usr/include::' ./Makefile
 }
 
 do_install_append() {
-    # tcpdump 4.0.0 installs a copy to /usr/sbin/tcpdump.4.0.0
+    # make install installs an unneeded extra copy of the tcpdump binary
     rm -f ${D}${sbindir}/tcpdump.${PV}
 }