diff --git a/recipes-extended/kdl/kdl.inc b/recipes-extended/kdl/kdl.inc
index 61a1daa..2c2e727 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/kdl/kdl.inc
+++ b/recipes-extended/kdl/kdl.inc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/orocos/orocos_kinematics_dynamics.git"
-SRCREV = "15fb082c10b58078841c14c067ac55f592733447"
-PV = "1.1.102+git${SRCREV}"
+SRC_URI = "https://github.com/orocos/${SPN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz;downloadfilename=${SPN}-${PV}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "710b6ab202cc062d1ad08afde9c9b21a"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b35c3264ccbbde5b5dbb562cbca6cab5b69f30ebfb8d347314d844e084d037ef"
 
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git/${@d.getVar('BPN', True).replace('-', '_')}"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/${SPN}-${PV}/${@d.getVar('BPN', True).replace('-', '_')}"
 
 inherit cmake
 
-ROS_SPN = "kdl"
+SPN = "orocos_kinematics_dynamics"
diff --git a/recipes-extended/kdl/orocos-kdl_1.1.102-1.bb b/recipes-extended/kdl/orocos-kdl_1.2.1.bb
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes-extended/kdl/orocos-kdl_1.1.102-1.bb
rename to recipes-extended/kdl/orocos-kdl_1.2.1.bb
diff --git a/recipes-extended/kdl/python-orocos-kdl/0001-findSIP-fix.patch b/recipes-extended/kdl/python-orocos-kdl/0001-findSIP-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a99f73b..0000000
--- a/recipes-extended/kdl/python-orocos-kdl/0001-findSIP-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/cmake/FindSIP.cmake b/cmake/FindSIP.cmake
-index 53e2888..8f94cf5 100644
---- a/cmake/FindSIP.cmake
-+++ b/cmake/FindSIP.cmake
-@@ -31,17 +31,26 @@ IF(SIP_VERSION)
-   SET(SIP_FOUND TRUE)
- ELSE(SIP_VERSION)
- 
--  FIND_FILE(_find_sip_py FindSIP.py PATHS ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
-+  FIND_FILE(_find_sip_py FindSIP.py PATHS ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH)
- 
-   EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${_find_sip_py} OUTPUT_VARIABLE sip_config)
-   IF(sip_config)
-     STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^sip_version:([^\n]+).*$" "\\1" SIP_VERSION ${sip_config})
-     STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*\nsip_version_str:([^\n]+).*$" "\\1" SIP_VERSION_STR ${sip_config})
--    STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*\nsip_bin:([^\n]+).*$" "\\1" SIP_EXECUTABLE ${sip_config})
-     IF(NOT SIP_DEFAULT_SIP_DIR)
-         STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*\ndefault_sip_dir:([^\n]+).*$" "\\1" SIP_DEFAULT_SIP_DIR ${sip_config})
-     ENDIF(NOT SIP_DEFAULT_SIP_DIR)
--    STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*\nsip_inc_dir:([^\n]+).*$" "\\1" SIP_INCLUDE_DIR ${sip_config})
-+
-+    IF(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-+      FIND_PROGRAM(SIP_EXECUTABLE sip)
-+      STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*\nsip_inc_dir:([^\n]+).*$" "\\1" SIP_INCLUDE_DIR ${sip_config})
-+      LIST(GET CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH 0 SIP_SYSROOT)
-+      SET(SIP_INCLUDE_DIR "${SIP_SYSROOT}${SIP_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-+    ELSE(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-+      STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*\nsip_bin:([^\n]+).*$" "\\1" SIP_EXECUTABLE ${sip_config})
-+      STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*\nsip_inc_dir:([^\n]+).*$" "\\1" SIP_INCLUDE_DIR ${sip_config})
-+    ENDIF(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-+
-     SET(SIP_FOUND TRUE)
-   ENDIF(sip_config)
- 
diff --git a/recipes-extended/kdl/python-orocos-kdl_1.1.102-1.bb b/recipes-extended/kdl/python-orocos-kdl_1.2.1.bb
similarity index 92%
rename from recipes-extended/kdl/python-orocos-kdl_1.1.102-1.bb
rename to recipes-extended/kdl/python-orocos-kdl_1.2.1.bb
index 4083a44..ebb035f 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/kdl/python-orocos-kdl_1.1.102-1.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/kdl/python-orocos-kdl_1.2.1.bb
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ DEPENDS = "sip-native python-sip orocos-kdl"
 
 require kdl.inc
 
-SRC_URI += "file://0001-findSIP-fix.patch"
-
 inherit pythonnative
 
 FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/python*/dist-packages/PyKDL.so"