diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo/0001-Use-correct-path-to-init.d-and-tmpfiles.d-files.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo/0001-Use-correct-path-to-init.d-and-tmpfiles.d-files.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2418689dac..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo/0001-Use-correct-path-to-init.d-and-tmpfiles.d-files.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-The makefile uses top_srcdir to find files that were created by configure, when
-it should use top_builddir.
-
-Upstream-Status: Submitted (http://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=708)
-Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
-
----
- src/Makefile.in | 4 ++--
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
-index f009e10..7acfb2d 100644
---- a/src/Makefile.in
-+++ b/src/Makefile.in
-@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ install-dirs:
- 
- install-rc: install-dirs
- 	if [ -n "$(INIT_SCRIPT)" ]; then \
--	    $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_OWNER) -m 0755 $(top_srcdir)/init.d/$(INIT_SCRIPT) $(DESTDIR)$(INIT_DIR)/sudo; \
-+	    $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_OWNER) -m 0755 $(top_builddir)/init.d/$(INIT_SCRIPT) $(DESTDIR)$(INIT_DIR)/sudo; \
- 	    rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(RC_LINK); \
- 	    ln -s $(INIT_DIR)/sudo $(DESTDIR)$(RC_LINK); \
- 	elif test -n "$(tmpfiles_d)"; then \
--	    $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_OWNER) -m 0644 $(top_srcdir)/init.d/sudo.conf $(DESTDIR)$(tmpfiles_d)/sudo.conf; \
-+	    $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_OWNER) -m 0644 $(top_builddir)/init.d/sudo.conf $(DESTDIR)$(tmpfiles_d)/sudo.conf; \
- 	fi
- 
- install-binaries: install-dirs $(PROGS)
--- 
-2.1.4
-
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.8.14p3.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.8.15.bb
similarity index 86%
rename from meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.8.14p3.bb
rename to meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.8.15.bb
index 4db85e23f8..042043ecef 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.8.14p3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.8.15.bb
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ require sudo.inc
 
 SRC_URI = "http://ftp.sudo.ws/sudo/dist/sudo-${PV}.tar.gz \
            ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', '${PAM_SRC_URI}', '', d)} \
-           file://0001-Use-correct-path-to-init.d-and-tmpfiles.d-files.patch \
            file://0001-Include-sys-types.h-for-id_t-definition.patch \
            "
 
 PAM_SRC_URI = "file://sudo.pam"
 
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "93dbd1e47c136179ff1b01494c1c0e75"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "a8a697cbb113859058944850d098464618254804cf97961dee926429f00a1237"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "7cf6b9b76d0478a572432bed481dd7b5"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "4316381708324da8b6cb151f655c1a11855207c7c02244d8ffdea5104d7cc308"
 
 DEPENDS += " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'libpam', '', d)}"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'pam-plugin-limits pam-plugin-keyinit', '', d)}"