diff --git a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
index cc3eb6630..c9068e83a 100644
--- a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 package=zeromq
-$(package)_version=4.1.5
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/zeromq/zeromq4-1/releases/download/v$($(package)_version)/
+$(package)_version=4.2.5
+$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases/download/v$($(package)_version)/
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=04aac57f081ffa3a2ee5ed04887be9e205df3a7ddade0027460b8042432bdbcf
-$(package)_patches=9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411.patch 9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c.patch 0001-fix-build-with-older-mingw64.patch 0002-disable-pthread_set_name_np.patch
+$(package)_sha256_hash=cc9090ba35713d59bb2f7d7965f877036c49c5558ea0c290b0dcc6f2a17e489f
+$(package)_patches=0001-fix-build-with-older-mingw64.patch 0002-disable-pthread_set_name_np.patch
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
-  $(package)_config_opts=--without-documentation --disable-shared --without-libsodium --disable-curve
+  $(package)_config_opts=--without-docs --disable-shared --without-libsodium --disable-curve --disable-curve-keygen --disable-perf --disable-Werror
   $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
   $(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411.patch && \
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c.patch && \
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/0001-fix-build-with-older-mingw64.patch && \
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/0002-disable-pthread_set_name_np.patch && \
-  ./autogen.sh
+   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/0001-fix-build-with-older-mingw64.patch && \
+   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/0002-disable-pthread_set_name_np.patch && \
+   cp -f $(BASEDIR)/config.guess $(BASEDIR)/config.sub config
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ define $(package)_config_cmds
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE) libzmq.la
+  $(MAKE) src/libzmq.la
 endef
 
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
@@ -32,5 +30,6 @@ define $(package)_stage_cmds
 endef
 
 define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
+  sed -i.old "s/ -lstdc++//" lib/pkgconfig/libzmq.pc && \
   rm -rf bin share
 endef
diff --git a/depends/patches/zeromq/9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411.patch b/depends/patches/zeromq/9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f704b3d94..000000000
--- a/depends/patches/zeromq/9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From 9114d3957725acd34aa8b8d011585812f3369411 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jeroen Ooms <jeroenooms@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:10:38 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] enable static libraries on mingw
-
----
- configure.ac | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 393505b..e92131a 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ case "${host_os}" in
-         libzmq_dso_visibility="no"
-
-         if test "x$enable_static" = "xyes"; then
--            AC_MSG_ERROR([Building static libraries is not supported under MinGW32])
-+            CPPFLAGS="-DZMQ_STATIC"
-         fi
-
- 	# Set FD_SETSIZE to 1024
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/depends/patches/zeromq/9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c.patch b/depends/patches/zeromq/9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9aff2c179..000000000
--- a/depends/patches/zeromq/9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From 9e6745c12e0b100cd38acecc16ce7db02905e27c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: David Millard <dmillard10@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 13:53:53 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix autotools for static MinGW builds
-
----
- configure.ac | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 5a0fa14..def6ea7 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ case "${host_os}" in
-         libzmq_dso_visibility="no"
-
-         if test "x$enable_static" = "xyes"; then
--            CPPFLAGS="-DZMQ_STATIC"
-+            CPPFLAGS="-DZMQ_STATIC $CPPFLAGS"
-         fi
-
- 	# Set FD_SETSIZE to 1024
\ No newline at end of file