diff --git a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gmock/gmock/cmake-Add-install-command-for-libraries-and-headers.patch b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gmock/gmock/cmake-Add-install-command-for-libraries-and-headers.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dac998..0000000
--- a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gmock/gmock/cmake-Add-install-command-for-libraries-and-headers.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-From ba0a7d65c918cb7e3f2073553c4cc7af5858ed03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:54:00 -0300
-Subject: [PATCH] cmake: Add install command for libraries and headers
-Organization: O.S. Systems Software LTDA.
-
-Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded specific]
-
-Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
----
- CMakeLists.txt | 6 ++++++
- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 572d044..90e797a 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ include_directories("${gmock_SOURCE_DIR}/include"
-                     # Test sources.
-                     "${gtest_SOURCE_DIR}")
- 
-+install(DIRECTORY ${gmock_SOURCE_DIR}/include/gmock DESTINATION include)
-+
- ########################################################################
- #
- # Defines the gmock & gmock_main libraries.  User tests should link
-@@ -82,6 +84,10 @@ cxx_library(gmock_main
-             src/gmock-all.cc
-             src/gmock_main.cc)
- 
-+
-+install(TARGETS gmock DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-+install(TARGETS gmock_main DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-+
- ########################################################################
- #
- # Google Mock's own tests.
--- 
-1.9.1
-
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gmock/gmock/cmake-gmock.pc.in-Add-pkg-config-support.patch b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gmock/gmock/cmake-gmock.pc.in-Add-pkg-config-support.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ffe1a6..0000000
--- a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gmock/gmock/cmake-gmock.pc.in-Add-pkg-config-support.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-From 45661183a7c78d8c4f75adcf53c6ddd663dc8b2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Mario Domenech Goulart <mario@ossystems.com.br>
-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:12:58 -0200
-Subject: [PATCH] CMakeLists, gmock.pc.in: Add pkg-config support
-Organization: O.S. Systems Software LTDA.
-
-Signed-off-by: Mario Domenech Goulart <mario@ossystems.com.br>
----
- CMakeLists.txt | 7 ++++++-
- gmock.pc.in    | 9 +++++++++
- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
- create mode 100644 gmock.pc.in
-
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 90e797a..98fd824 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ if (COMMAND pre_project_set_up_hermetic_build)
-   pre_project_set_up_hermetic_build()
- endif()
- 
-+# pkg-config support
-+configure_file("gmock.pc.in" "gmock.pc" @ONLY)
-+
- ########################################################################
- #
- # Project-wide settings
-@@ -87,7 +90,9 @@ cxx_library(gmock_main
- 
- install(TARGETS gmock DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
- install(TARGETS gmock_main DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
--
-+install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gmock.pc"
-+    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig/"
-+)  
- ########################################################################
- #
- # Google Mock's own tests.
-diff --git a/gmock.pc.in b/gmock.pc.in
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..08ad8d2
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/gmock.pc.in
-@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
-+Name: libgmock
-+Version: 1.7.0
-+Description: Google's framework for writing C++ tests on a variety of platforms
-+ 
-+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-+includedir=${prefix}/include
-+libdir=${prefix}/lib
-+Cflags:-I${includedir}/gmock
-+Libs: -L${libdir} -lgmock -lgmock_main
--- 
-1.9.1
-
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gmock/gmock_1.7.0.bb b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gmock/gmock_1.7.0.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index a537f4c..0000000
--- a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gmock/gmock_1.7.0.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Google C++ Mocking Framework"
-SECTION = "libs"
-HOMEPAGE = "http://code.google.com/p/googlemock/"
-LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=cbbd27594afd089daa160d3a16dd515a"
-
-SRC_URI = "\
-    http://googlemock.googlecode.com/files/${BPN}-${PV}.zip \
-    file://cmake-Add-install-command-for-libraries-and-headers.patch \
-    file://cmake-gmock.pc.in-Add-pkg-config-support.patch \
-"
-
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "073b984d8798ea1594f5e44d85b20d66"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "26fcbb5925b74ad5fc8c26b0495dfc96353f4d553492eb97e85a8a6d2f43095b"
-
-inherit lib_package cmake
-
-ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1"
-ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}-dbg = "1"
-
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev += "${PN}-staticdev"
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest/0001-Add-install-command-for-libraries-and-headers.patch b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest/0001-Add-install-command-for-libraries-and-headers.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b8f5d6f..0000000
--- a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest/0001-Add-install-command-for-libraries-and-headers.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-From bdcbef7b8adde424ee29e7eddc3b0570cc336449 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Frederico Cadete <frederico.cadete@awtce.be>
-Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:55:38 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add install command for libraries and headers
-
-Signed-off-by: Frederico Cadete <frederico.cadete@awtce.be>
----
- CMakeLists.txt | 8 ++++++++
- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 57470c8..e969648 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ target_link_libraries(gtest_main gtest)
- 
- ########################################################################
- #
-+# Install rules
-+install(TARGETS gtest gtest_main
-+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-+install(DIRECTORY ${gtest_SOURCE_DIR}/include/gtest
-+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
-+
-+########################################################################
-+#
- # Samples on how to link user tests with gtest or gtest_main.
- #
- # They are not built by default.  To build them, set the
--- 
-2.5.0
-
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest/0002-CMakeLists-gtest.pc.in-Add-pkg-config-support-to-gte.patch b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest/0002-CMakeLists-gtest.pc.in-Add-pkg-config-support-to-gte.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a19f72..0000000
--- a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest/0002-CMakeLists-gtest.pc.in-Add-pkg-config-support-to-gte.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-From 89639e76d5ee039a55004e5e910d565e6e84ed35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Rodrigo Caimi <caimi@datacom.ind.br>
-Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:37:10 -0300
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] CMakeLists, gtest.pc.in: Add pkg-config support to gtest
- 1.7.0
-
-Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Caimi <caimi@datacom.ind.br>
----
- CMakeLists.txt | 6 ++++++
- gtest.pc.in    | 9 +++++++++
- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
- create mode 100644 gtest.pc.in
-
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index e969648..0038826 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ if (COMMAND pre_project_set_up_hermetic_build)
-   pre_project_set_up_hermetic_build()
- endif()
- 
-+# pkg-config support
-+configure_file("gtest.pc.in" "gtest.pc" @ONLY)
-+
- ########################################################################
- #
- # Project-wide settings
-@@ -78,6 +81,9 @@ install(TARGETS gtest gtest_main
-   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
- install(DIRECTORY ${gtest_SOURCE_DIR}/include/gtest
-   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
-+install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gtest.pc"
-+    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig/"
-+)
- 
- ########################################################################
- #
-diff --git a/gtest.pc.in b/gtest.pc.in
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..52e622b
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/gtest.pc.in
-@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
-+Name: libgtest
-+Version: 1.7.0
-+Description: Google's framework for writing C++ tests on a variety of platforms
-+
-+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
-+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
-+Cflags:-I${includedir}/gtest
-+Libs: -L${libdir} -lgtest -lgtest_main
--- 
-2.5.0
-
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest/Add-pkg-config-support.patch b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest/Add-pkg-config-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c8977b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest/Add-pkg-config-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+From ec9256bb704e94f41407fc8ace6a580491430196 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Andre McCurdy <armccurdy@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 04:35:41 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Add pkg-config support
+
+Signed-off-by: Mario Domenech Goulart <mario@ossystems.com.br>
+Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Caimi <caimi@datacom.ind.br>
+Signed-off-by: Andre McCurdy <armccurdy@gmail.com>
+---
+ googlemock/CMakeLists.txt | 9 +++++++--
+ googlemock/gmock.pc.in    | 9 +++++++++
+ googletest/CMakeLists.txt | 9 +++++++--
+ googletest/gtest.pc.in    | 9 +++++++++
+ 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100644 googlemock/gmock.pc.in
+ create mode 100644 googletest/gtest.pc.in
+
+diff --git a/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt b/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
+index beb259a..f17e2d7 100644
+--- a/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ if (COMMAND pre_project_set_up_hermetic_build)
+   pre_project_set_up_hermetic_build()
+ endif()
+ 
++# pkg-config support
++configure_file("gmock.pc.in" "gmock.pc" @ONLY)
++
+ ########################################################################
+ #
+ # Project-wide settings
+@@ -104,9 +107,11 @@ endif()
+ #
+ # Install rules
+ install(TARGETS gmock gmock_main
+-  DESTINATION lib)
++  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+ install(DIRECTORY ${gmock_SOURCE_DIR}/include/gmock
+-  DESTINATION include)
++  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
++install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gmock.pc"
++  DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig/")
+ 
+ ########################################################################
+ #
+diff --git a/googlemock/gmock.pc.in b/googlemock/gmock.pc.in
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..04bc0b4
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/googlemock/gmock.pc.in
+@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
++Name: libgmock
++Version: 1.8.0
++Description: Google's framework for writing C++ tests on a variety of platforms
++
++prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
++includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
++libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
++Cflags:-I${includedir}/gmock
++Libs: -L${libdir} -lgmock -lgmock_main
+diff --git a/googletest/CMakeLists.txt b/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
+index 621d0f0..58aaf54 100644
+--- a/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ if (COMMAND pre_project_set_up_hermetic_build)
+   pre_project_set_up_hermetic_build()
+ endif()
+ 
++# pkg-config support
++configure_file("gtest.pc.in" "gtest.pc" @ONLY)
++
+ ########################################################################
+ #
+ # Project-wide settings
+@@ -103,9 +106,11 @@ endif()
+ #
+ # Install rules
+ install(TARGETS gtest gtest_main
+-  DESTINATION lib)
++  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+ install(DIRECTORY ${gtest_SOURCE_DIR}/include/gtest
+-  DESTINATION include)
++  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
++install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gtest.pc"
++  DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig/")
+ 
+ ########################################################################
+ #
+diff --git a/googletest/gtest.pc.in b/googletest/gtest.pc.in
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..fb95152
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/googletest/gtest.pc.in
+@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
++Name: libgtest
++Version: 1.8.0
++Description: Google's framework for writing C++ tests on a variety of platforms
++
++prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
++includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
++libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
++Cflags:-I${includedir}/gtest
++Libs: -L${libdir} -lgtest -lgtest_main
+-- 
+1.9.1
+
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest_1.7.0.bb b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest_1.7.0.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bacf6c..0000000
--- a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest_1.7.0.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Google's framework for writing C++ tests"
-HOMEPAGE = "http://code.google.com/p/googletest/"
-SECTION = "libs"
-LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=cbbd27594afd089daa160d3a16dd515a"
-
-SRC_URI = "\
-    http://googletest.googlecode.com/files/${BPN}-${PV}.zip \
-    file://0001-Add-install-command-for-libraries-and-headers.patch \
-    file://0002-CMakeLists-gtest.pc.in-Add-pkg-config-support-to-gte.patch \
-"
-
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "2d6ec8ccdf5c46b05ba54a9fd1d130d7"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "247ca18dd83f53deb1328be17e4b1be31514cedfc1e3424f672bf11fd7e0d60d"
-
-inherit lib_package cmake
-
-ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1"
-ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}-dbg = "1"
-
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev += "${PN}-staticdev"
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
diff --git a/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest_1.8.0.bb b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest_1.8.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..483dc1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/import-layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-test/gtest/gtest_1.8.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Google's framework for writing C++ tests"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/google/googletest"
+SECTION = "libs"
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://googlemock/LICENSE;md5=cbbd27594afd089daa160d3a16dd515a \
+                    file://googletest/LICENSE;md5=cbbd27594afd089daa160d3a16dd515a"
+
+PROVIDES += "gmock"
+
+SRC_URI = "\
+    https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-${PV}.tar.gz \
+    file://Add-pkg-config-support.patch \
+"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "16877098823401d1bf2ed7891d7dce36"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "58a6f4277ca2bc8565222b3bbd58a177609e9c488e8a72649359ba51450db7d8"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/googletest-release-${PV}"
+
+inherit cmake
+
+ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}-dbg = "1"
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev += "${PN}-staticdev"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"