diff --git a/meta/packages/apt/apt-native.inc b/meta/packages/apt/apt-native.inc
index c3814842e0..b3527e7361 100644
--- a/meta/packages/apt/apt-native.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/apt/apt-native.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require apt.inc
 inherit native
 
-DEPENDS += "dpkg-native curl-native db-native gettext-native"
+DEPENDS += "dpkg-native gettext-native"
 FILESDIR = "${@os.path.dirname(bb.data.getVar('FILE',d,1))}/apt-${PV}"
 PACKAGES = ""
 USE_NLS = "yes"
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ do_stage_base () {
 	install -m 0755 bin/apt-get ${bindir}/
 	install -m 0755 bin/apt-config ${bindir}/
 	install -m 0755 bin/apt-cache ${bindir}/
-	install -m 0755 bin/apt-ftparchive ${bindir}/
 	install -m 0755 bin/apt-sortpkgs ${bindir}/
 	install -m 0755 bin/apt-extracttemplates ${bindir}/
 
diff --git a/meta/packages/apt/apt-native_0.7.14.bb b/meta/packages/apt/apt-native_0.7.14.bb
index ef8decc748..268e9df720 100644
--- a/meta/packages/apt/apt-native_0.7.14.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/apt/apt-native_0.7.14.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require apt-native.inc
 
-PR = "r1"
+PR = "r2"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://nodoc.patch;patch=1 \
-            file://noconfigure.patch;patch=1"
+            file://noconfigure.patch;patch=1 \
+	    file://no-curl.patch;patch=1"
diff --git a/meta/packages/apt/files/no-curl.patch b/meta/packages/apt/files/no-curl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e07c8f2dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/apt/files/no-curl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+---
+ configure.in     |    6 ------
+ methods/makefile |    7 -------
+ 2 files changed, 13 deletions(-)
+
+--- apt-0.7.14.orig/configure.in
++++ apt-0.7.14/configure.in
+@@ -84,16 +84,10 @@ 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)
+ 
+ dnl Converts the ARCH to be something singular for this general CPU family
+ dnl This is often the dpkg architecture string.
+--- apt-0.7.14.orig/methods/makefile
++++ apt-0.7.14/methods/makefile
+@@ -50,17 +50,10 @@ PROGRAM=http
+ SLIBS = -lapt-pkg $(SOCKETLIBS)
+ LIB_MAKES = apt-pkg/makefile
+ SOURCE = http.cc rfc2553emu.cc connect.cc
+ include $(PROGRAM_H)
+ 
+-# The https method
+-PROGRAM=https
+-SLIBS = -lapt-pkg -lcurl
+-LIB_MAKES = apt-pkg/makefile
+-SOURCE = https.cc
+-include $(PROGRAM_H)
+-
+ # The ftp method
+ PROGRAM=ftp
+ SLIBS = -lapt-pkg $(SOCKETLIBS)
+ LIB_MAKES = apt-pkg/makefile
+ SOURCE = ftp.cc rfc2553emu.cc connect.cc