diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/no-curl.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/no-curl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30238fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/no-curl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration]
+
+---
+ configure.in     |    6 ------
+ methods/makefile |    7 -------
+ 2 files changed, 13 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -86,12 +86,6 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER(db.h,
+ 
+ LIBS="$saveLIBS"
+ 
+-AC_CHECK_LIB(curl, curl_easy_init,
+-     [AC_CHECK_HEADER(curl/curl.h,
+-        curl_ok=yes,
+-        curl_ok=no)],
+-     AC_MSG_ERROR([failed: I need CURL due https support]),
+-)
+ 
+ AC_SUBST(BDBLIB)
+ 
+--- a/methods/makefile
++++ b/methods/makefile
+@@ -51,13 +51,6 @@ LIB_MAKES = apt-pkg/makefile
+ SOURCE = http.cc http_main.cc rfc2553emu.cc connect.cc server.cc
+ include $(PROGRAM_H)
+ 
+-# The https method
+-PROGRAM=https
+-SLIBS = -lapt-pkg -lcurl $(INTLLIBS)
+-LIB_MAKES = apt-pkg/makefile
+-SOURCE = https.cc server.cc
+-include $(PROGRAM_H)
+-
+ # The ftp method
+ PROGRAM=ftp
+ SLIBS = -lapt-pkg $(SOCKETLIBS) $(INTLLIBS)