diff --git a/package/memcached/0001-configure-Fix-cross-compilation-errors.patch b/package/memcached/0001-configure-Fix-cross-compilation-errors.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c5d948325..0000000000
--- a/package/memcached/0001-configure-Fix-cross-compilation-errors.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-From 1146bf07624b5820b942b84b68e66f0d3dd25914 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Ola Jeppsson <ola.jeppsson@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 18:07:30 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] configure: Fix cross-compilation errors
-
-AC_RUN_IFELSE does not work when cross-compiling so we need to provide
-fallback methods for those cases.
-
-I tried to use constructs that work with Autoconf 2.52.
-Alas, I wasn't able to generate a working build system with that version.
-
-Autoconf 2.58 / Automake 1.7.9 is the earliest combo that I could get
-to work (with and without this patch).
-Perhaps it's time for a slight bump for the required version numbers?
-
-Cross-compiles sucessfully against:
-riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu
-
-Downloaded from upstream PR:
-https://github.com/memcached/memcached/pull/552
-
-Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>
----
- configure.ac | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
- 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index fb78fc5..27dc939 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -264,23 +264,42 @@ return sizeof(void*) == 8 ? 0 : 1;
-     ],[
-       CFLAGS="-m64 $org_cflags"
-     ],[
--    AC_MSG_ERROR([Don't know how to build a 64-bit object.])
-+      AC_MSG_ERROR([Don't know how to build a 64-bit object.])
-+    ],[
-+       dnl cross compile
-+       AC_MSG_WARN([Assuming no extra CFLAGS are required for cross-compiling 64bit version.])
-     ])
- fi
- 
- dnl If data pointer is 64bit or not.
--AC_RUN_IFELSE(
--  [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([], [dnl
--return sizeof(void*) == 8 ? 0 : 1;
--  ])
--],[
--  have_64bit_ptr=yes
--],[
-+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdint.h])
-+AS_IF([test -z "$have_64bit_ptr"],
-+  [AC_RUN_IFELSE(
-+     [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([], [return sizeof(void*) == 8 ? 0 : 1;])],
-+     [have_64bit_ptr=yes ],
-+     [have_64bit_ptr=no],
-+     [dnl cross compile (this test requires C99)
-+      AS_IF([test "x$ac_cv_header_stdint_h" = xyes],
-+        [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
-+           [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
-+              #include <stdint.h>
-+              #if UINTPTR_MAX == 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUL
-+              /* 64 bit pointer */
-+              #else
-+              #error 32 bit pointer
-+              #endif
-+            ], [])],
-+            [have_64bit_ptr=yes],
-+            [have_64bit_ptr=no])],
-+        [have_64bit_ptr=unknown])
-+     ])
- ])
--
--if test $have_64bit_ptr = yes; then
-+AS_IF([test "$have_64bit_ptr" = "unknown" ],[
-+  AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot detect pointer size. Must pass have_64bit_ptr={yes,no} to configure.])
-+])
-+AS_IF([test "$have_64bit_ptr" = yes],[
-   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_64BIT_PTR, 1, [data pointer is 64bit])
--fi
-+])
- 
- # Issue 213: Search for clock_gettime to help people linking
- #            with a static version of libevent
-@@ -570,30 +589,10 @@ fi
- AC_C_SOCKLEN_T
- 
- dnl Check if we're a little-endian or a big-endian system, needed by hash code
--AC_DEFUN([AC_C_ENDIAN],
--[AC_CACHE_CHECK(for endianness, ac_cv_c_endian,
--[
--  AC_RUN_IFELSE(
--    [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([], [dnl
--        long val = 1;
--        char *c = (char *) &val;
--        exit(*c == 1);
--    ])
--  ],[
--    ac_cv_c_endian=big
--  ],[
--    ac_cv_c_endian=little
--  ])
--])
--if test $ac_cv_c_endian = big; then
--  AC_DEFINE(ENDIAN_BIG, 1, [machine is bigendian])
--fi
--if test $ac_cv_c_endian = little; then
--  AC_DEFINE(ENDIAN_LITTLE, 1, [machine is littleendian])
--fi
--])
--
--AC_C_ENDIAN
-+AC_C_BIGENDIAN(
-+  [AC_DEFINE(ENDIAN_BIG, 1, [machine is bigendian])],
-+  [AC_DEFINE(ENDIAN_LITTLE, 1, [machine is littleendian])],
-+  [AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot detect endianness. Must pass ac_cv_c_bigendian={yes,no} to configure.])])
- 
- AC_DEFUN([AC_C_HTONLL],
- [
-@@ -670,12 +669,15 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_C_ALIGNMENT],
-   ],[
-     ac_cv_c_alignment=need
-   ],[
--    ac_cv_c_alignment=need
-+    dnl cross compile
-+    ac_cv_c_alignment=maybe
-   ])
- ])
--if test $ac_cv_c_alignment = need; then
--  AC_DEFINE(NEED_ALIGN, 1, [Machine need alignment])
--fi
-+AS_IF([test $ac_cv_c_alignment = need],
-+  [AC_DEFINE(NEED_ALIGN, 1, [Machine need alignment])])
-+AS_IF([test $ac_cv_c_alignment = maybe],
-+  [AC_MSG_WARN([Assuming aligned access is required when cross-compiling])
-+   AC_DEFINE(NEED_ALIGN, 1, [Machine need alignment])])
- ])
- 
- AC_C_ALIGNMENT
--- 
-2.20.1
-
diff --git a/package/memcached/0002-configure-Simplify-pointer-size-check.patch b/package/memcached/0002-configure-Simplify-pointer-size-check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a5dc31963..0000000000
--- a/package/memcached/0002-configure-Simplify-pointer-size-check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-From ec7f3bc97c53578d5ca332b9e86c4d08d155c5a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Ola Jeppsson <ola.jeppsson@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 19:57:46 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] configure: Simplify pointer size check
-
-Tested with:
-Autoconf 2.59 / Automake 1.7.9
-Autoconf 2.69 / Automake 1.16.1
-
-Downloaded from upstream PR:
-https://github.com/memcached/memcached/pull/552
-
-Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>
----
- configure.ac | 31 ++-----------------------------
- restart.h    |  2 +-
- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 27dc939..7e5bd5d 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -271,35 +271,8 @@ return sizeof(void*) == 8 ? 0 : 1;
-     ])
- fi
- 
--dnl If data pointer is 64bit or not.
--AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdint.h])
--AS_IF([test -z "$have_64bit_ptr"],
--  [AC_RUN_IFELSE(
--     [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([], [return sizeof(void*) == 8 ? 0 : 1;])],
--     [have_64bit_ptr=yes ],
--     [have_64bit_ptr=no],
--     [dnl cross compile (this test requires C99)
--      AS_IF([test "x$ac_cv_header_stdint_h" = xyes],
--        [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
--           [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
--              #include <stdint.h>
--              #if UINTPTR_MAX == 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUL
--              /* 64 bit pointer */
--              #else
--              #error 32 bit pointer
--              #endif
--            ], [])],
--            [have_64bit_ptr=yes],
--            [have_64bit_ptr=no])],
--        [have_64bit_ptr=unknown])
--     ])
--])
--AS_IF([test "$have_64bit_ptr" = "unknown" ],[
--  AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot detect pointer size. Must pass have_64bit_ptr={yes,no} to configure.])
--])
--AS_IF([test "$have_64bit_ptr" = yes],[
--  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_64BIT_PTR, 1, [data pointer is 64bit])
--])
-+dnl Check if data pointer is 64bit or not
-+AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([void *])
- 
- # Issue 213: Search for clock_gettime to help people linking
- #            with a static version of libevent
-diff --git a/restart.h b/restart.h
-index 76cd0a8..9de5096 100644
---- a/restart.h
-+++ b/restart.h
-@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
- #define RESTART_TAG_MAXLEN 255
- 
- // Track the pointer size for restart fiddling.
--#ifdef HAVE_64BIT_PTR
-+#if SIZEOF_VOID_P == 8
-     typedef uint64_t mc_ptr_t;
- #else
-     typedef uint32_t mc_ptr_t;
--- 
-2.20.1
-
diff --git a/package/memcached/0003-hash-fix-build-failure-against-gcc-10.patch b/package/memcached/0003-hash-fix-build-failure-against-gcc-10.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 564b191c1b..0000000000
--- a/package/memcached/0003-hash-fix-build-failure-against-gcc-10.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-From 0447ae4cbbebb87d3f28bb92f7e219a47263b889 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org>
-Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 22:16:36 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] hash: fix build failure against gcc-10
-
-On gcc-10 (and gcc-9 -fno-common) build fails as:
-
-```
-gcc  -g -O2 -pthread -pthread -Wall -Werror -pedantic -Wmissing-prototypes \
-  -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls   -o memcached ... -levent
-ld: memcached-hash.o:memcached/hash.h:5:
-  multiple definition of `hash'; memcached-memcached.o:memcached/hash.h:5: first defined here
-```
-
-gcc-10 will change the default from -fcommon to fno-common:
-https://gcc.gnu.org/PR85678.
-
-The error also happens if CFLAGS=-fno-common passed explicitly.
-
-Reported-by: Brian Evans
-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/706196
-Signed-off-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org>
-[Retrieved from:
-https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/0447ae4cbbebb87d3f28bb92f7e219a47263b889]
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
----
- hash.c | 2 ++
- hash.h | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/hash.c b/hash.c
-index a0c30369f..b5ff28ae4 100644
---- a/hash.c
-+++ b/hash.c
-@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
- #include "jenkins_hash.h"
- #include "murmur3_hash.h"
- 
-+hash_func hash;
-+
- int hash_init(enum hashfunc_type type) {
-     switch(type) {
-         case JENKINS_HASH:
-diff --git a/hash.h b/hash.h
-index 059d1e2a6..3b2a98478 100644
---- a/hash.h
-+++ b/hash.h
-@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
- #define    HASH_H
- 
- typedef uint32_t (*hash_func)(const void *key, size_t length);
--hash_func hash;
-+extern hash_func hash;
- 
- enum hashfunc_type {
-     JENKINS_HASH=0, MURMUR3_HASH
diff --git a/package/memcached/memcached.hash b/package/memcached/memcached.hash
index 98e47d6c07..d616c856b1 100644
--- a/package/memcached/memcached.hash
+++ b/package/memcached/memcached.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# From http://www.memcached.org/files/memcached-1.5.19.tar.gz.sha1
-sha1 14e6a02e743838696fcb620edf6a2fd7e60cabec  memcached-1.5.19.tar.gz
+# From http://www.memcached.org/files/memcached-1.6.7.tar.gz.sha1
+sha1  49336bb0a4b7ad296422b08148581ed54edf32d0  memcached-1.6.7.tar.gz
 
 # Locally computed
-sha256 3ddcdaa2d14d215f3111a7448b79c889c57618a26e97ad989581f1880a5a4be0  memcached-1.5.19.tar.gz
-sha256 bc887c4ad8051fe690ace9528fe37a2e0bb362e6d963331d82e845ca9b585a0c  COPYING
+sha256  7bbdac9b031d8cfca4a1207f28df598b90ee2e9b44667f7eabd0fe1a59ca5173  memcached-1.6.7.tar.gz
+sha256  bc887c4ad8051fe690ace9528fe37a2e0bb362e6d963331d82e845ca9b585a0c  COPYING
diff --git a/package/memcached/memcached.mk b/package/memcached/memcached.mk
index 8bf637868e..ff3c3a1c62 100644
--- a/package/memcached/memcached.mk
+++ b/package/memcached/memcached.mk
@@ -4,16 +4,13 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-MEMCACHED_VERSION = 1.5.19
+MEMCACHED_VERSION = 1.6.7
 MEMCACHED_SITE = http://www.memcached.org/files
 MEMCACHED_DEPENDENCIES = libevent
 MEMCACHED_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_prog_cc_c99='-std=gnu99'
 MEMCACHED_CONF_OPTS = --disable-coverage
 MEMCACHED_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 MEMCACHED_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-# 0001-configure-Fix-cross-compilation-errors.patch
-# 0002-configure-Simplify-pointer-size-check.patch
-MEMCACHED_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_ENDIAN),"BIG")
 MEMCACHED_CONF_ENV += ac_cv_c_endian=big
