diff --git a/data/curl_insecure_patch.txt b/data/curl_insecure_patch.txt
index e3309059..282c520b 100644
--- a/data/curl_insecure_patch.txt
+++ b/data/curl_insecure_patch.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
---- src/tool_getparam.c.old	2015-01-12 17:18:15.149251979 +0100
+--- src/tool_getparam.c	2015-01-12 17:18:15.149251979 +0100
 +++ src/tool_getparam.c	2015-01-12 17:18:39.397148081 +0100
 @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
    {"I",  "head",                     FALSE},
diff --git a/scripts/install_curl.sh b/scripts/install_curl.sh
index 03d274be..9c872357 100755
--- a/scripts/install_curl.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_curl.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ then
     ${QPACKAGE_ROOT}/scripts/fetch_from_web.py ${CURL_URL} CURL.tar.gz 
     tar -zxf CURL.tar.gz && rm CURL.tar.gz ||exit 1
     cd curl* || exit 1 
-    cp src/tool_getparam.c src/tool_getparam.c.old
-    patch -f < ../data/curl_insecure_patch.txt
+    patch -p0 -f < ../data/curl_insecure_patch.txt
     ./configure && make || exit 1 
     ln -s ${PWD}/src/curl ${QPACKAGE_ROOT}/bin 
 else