diff --git a/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx/0001-log4cxx_0-10-0_add-missing-includes.patch b/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx/0001-log4cxx_0-10-0_add-missing-includes.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ca6628..0000000
--- a/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx/0001-log4cxx_0-10-0_add-missing-includes.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-From af4e8f0eccdc2f562f9e591b101ee856a962e01d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Tasslehoff Kjappfot <tasskjapp@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:57:08 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] log4cxx_0-10-0_add missing includes
-
----
- src/examples/cpp/console.cpp        |    1 +
- src/main/cpp/inputstreamreader.cpp  |    1 +
- src/main/cpp/socketoutputstream.cpp |    1 +
- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/examples/cpp/console.cpp b/src/examples/cpp/console.cpp
-index 6a01d8a..a673a10 100644
---- a/src/examples/cpp/console.cpp
-+++ b/src/examples/cpp/console.cpp
-@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
- #include <log4cxx/logmanager.h>
- #include <iostream>
- #include <locale.h>
-+#include <cstring>
- 
- using namespace log4cxx;
- using namespace log4cxx::helpers;
-diff --git a/src/main/cpp/inputstreamreader.cpp b/src/main/cpp/inputstreamreader.cpp
-index 52b1c0a..cb45181 100644
---- a/src/main/cpp/inputstreamreader.cpp
-+++ b/src/main/cpp/inputstreamreader.cpp
-@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
- #include <log4cxx/helpers/exception.h>
- #include <log4cxx/helpers/pool.h>
- #include <log4cxx/helpers/bytebuffer.h>
-+#include <cstring>
- 
- using namespace log4cxx;
- using namespace log4cxx::helpers;
-diff --git a/src/main/cpp/socketoutputstream.cpp b/src/main/cpp/socketoutputstream.cpp
-index 185f835..c61eb11 100644
---- a/src/main/cpp/socketoutputstream.cpp
-+++ b/src/main/cpp/socketoutputstream.cpp
-@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
- #include <log4cxx/helpers/socketoutputstream.h>
- #include <log4cxx/helpers/socket.h>
- #include <log4cxx/helpers/bytebuffer.h>
-+#include <cstring>
- 
- using namespace log4cxx;
- using namespace log4cxx::helpers;
--- 
-1.7.0.4
-
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx/0002-Remove-duplicates-from-makefile.patch b/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx/0002-Remove-duplicates-from-makefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b06736..0000000
--- a/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx/0002-Remove-duplicates-from-makefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-From a32da098ded31e6399658a01dd5c994e23f8c5a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Tasslehoff Kjappfot <tasskjapp@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:02:11 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Remove duplicates
-
----
- src/main/include/log4cxx/Makefile.am         |    2 +-
- src/main/include/log4cxx/private/Makefile.am |    2 +-
- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/main/include/log4cxx/Makefile.am b/src/main/include/log4cxx/Makefile.am
-index 719c2dd..53e99b0 100644
---- a/src/main/include/log4cxx/Makefile.am
-+++ b/src/main/include/log4cxx/Makefile.am
-@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
- #
- SUBDIRS = helpers net nt rolling spi varia xml config db private pattern filter
- log4cxxincdir = $(includedir)/log4cxx
--log4cxxinc_HEADERS= $(top_srcdir)/src/main/include/log4cxx/*.h log4cxx.h
-+log4cxxinc_HEADERS= $(top_srcdir)/src/main/include/log4cxx/*.h
- DISTCLEANFILES = log4cxx.h
- EXTRA_DIST = log4cxx.hw
- 
-diff --git a/src/main/include/log4cxx/private/Makefile.am b/src/main/include/log4cxx/private/Makefile.am
-index 3a896ea..474e31d 100644
---- a/src/main/include/log4cxx/private/Makefile.am
-+++ b/src/main/include/log4cxx/private/Makefile.am
-@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
- # limitations under the License.
- #
- privateincdir = $(includedir)/log4cxx/private
--privateinc_HEADERS= $(top_builddir)/src/main/include/log4cxx/private/*.h log4cxx_private.h
-+privateinc_HEADERS= $(top_builddir)/src/main/include/log4cxx/private/*.h
- DISTCLEANFILES = log4cxx_private.h
- EXTRA_DIST = log4cxx_private.hw
- 
--- 
-1.7.0.4
-
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx/0003-log4cxx-0.10.0-add_stdio_header.patch b/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx/0003-log4cxx-0.10.0-add_stdio_header.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6836069..0000000
--- a/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx/0003-log4cxx-0.10.0-add_stdio_header.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -cr apache-log4cxx-0.10.0.orig/src/examples/cpp/console.cpp apache-log4cxx-0.10.0/src/examples/cpp/console.cpp
-*** apache-log4cxx-0.10.0.orig/src/examples/cpp/console.cpp	2012-12-05 08:55:15.750389873 +0100
---- apache-log4cxx-0.10.0/src/examples/cpp/console.cpp	2012-12-05 08:56:09.538392104 +0100
-***************
-*** 16,21 ****
---- 16,22 ----
-   */
-  
-  #include <stdlib.h>
-+ #include <stdio.h>
-  #include <log4cxx/logger.h>
-  #include <log4cxx/consoleappender.h>
-  #include <log4cxx/simplelayout.h>
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx_0.10.0.bb b/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx_0.10.0.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index a516997..0000000
--- a/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx_0.10.0.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Apache logging framework for C++ library"
-SECTION = "libs"
-DEPENDS = "apr apr-util expat gdbm"
-LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=3b83ef96387f14655fc854ddc3c6bd57"
-HOMEPAGE = "http://logging.apache.org/log4cxx/"
-PR = "r0"
-
-SRC_URI = "http://archive.apache.org/dist/logging/log4cxx/0.10.0/apache-log4cxx-0.10.0.tar.gz \
-  file://0001-log4cxx_0-10-0_add-missing-includes.patch \
-  file://0002-Remove-duplicates-from-makefile.patch \
-  file://0003-log4cxx-0.10.0-add_stdio_header.patch"
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "b30ffb8da3665178e68940ff7a61084c"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0de0396220a9566a580166e66b39674cb40efd2176f52ad2c65486c99c920c8c"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/apache-${BP}"
-
-inherit autotools-brokensep pkgconfig
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND += "native"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx_svn.bb b/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx_svn.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ad85af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/log4cxx/log4cxx_svn.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Apache logging framework for C++ library"
+SECTION = "libs"
+DEPENDS = "apr apr-util expat gdbm"
+LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=3b83ef96387f14655fc854ddc3c6bd57"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://logging.apache.org/log4cxx/"
+
+SRC_URI = "svn://svn.apache.org/repos/asf;module=incubator/log4cxx/trunk;protocol=http"
+SRCREV = "1738416"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/incubator/log4cxx/trunk"
+
+inherit autotools-brokensep pkgconfig
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND += "native"