diff --git a/submodules/build/builders.d/openh264.mk b/submodules/build/builders.d/openh264.mk
index 84cfd5e35..a4aa4695c 100644
--- a/submodules/build/builders.d/openh264.mk
+++ b/submodules/build/builders.d/openh264.mk
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ $(BUILDER_SRC_DIR)/$(openh264_dir)/openh264-permissive.patch.stamp:
 
 patch-openh264: $(BUILDER_SRC_DIR)/$(openh264_dir)/openh264-permissive.patch.stamp 
 
-update-openh264: patch-openh264
+#update 03/2015; with openh264 v1.4.0 patches seems no longer useful.
+
+update-openh264:
 	mkdir -p $(BUILDER_BUILD_DIR)/$(openh264_dir) \
 	&& cd $(BUILDER_BUILD_DIR)/$(openh264_dir)/ \
 	&& rsync -rvLpgoc --exclude ".git"  $(BUILDER_SRC_DIR)/$(openh264_dir)/* .
diff --git a/submodules/externals/openh264 b/submodules/externals/openh264
index c13bfe640..3a75956fb 160000
--- a/submodules/externals/openh264
+++ b/submodules/externals/openh264
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c13bfe6407252f64610b0c2c9aa0737054dcd71e
+Subproject commit 3a75956fb2584cca84a95ba1fcbc72fa2c91f98d
diff --git a/submodules/msopenh264 b/submodules/msopenh264
index 6c2cf04b5..5a8473c09 160000
--- a/submodules/msopenh264
+++ b/submodules/msopenh264
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6c2cf04b56b226be7bbc4f0ebe47fe937806ac73
+Subproject commit 5a8473c091d05d9eed67febdd555955f0b925900