diff --git a/indra/cmake/Copy3rdPartyLibs.cmake b/indra/cmake/Copy3rdPartyLibs.cmake
index 4ae13fe83bc32eb94ce14711104290432568c64b..a488dfd179a491118e73f483fd89426ce1bbc834 100644
--- a/indra/cmake/Copy3rdPartyLibs.cmake
+++ b/indra/cmake/Copy3rdPartyLibs.cmake
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ elseif(LINUX)
         libaprutil-1.so.0
         ${EXPAT_COPY}
         libGLOD.so
-        libhunspell-1.3.so.0.0.0
         libopenal.so
         libuuid.so.16
         libuuid.so.16.0.22
diff --git a/indra/cmake/Hunspell.cmake b/indra/cmake/Hunspell.cmake
index 06227b3fe2336190d3277444c9b1623ac95d1d34..7e4bd179585e5e591d395c365ddc717aa1493f04 100644
--- a/indra/cmake/Hunspell.cmake
+++ b/indra/cmake/Hunspell.cmake
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ else (USESYSTEMLIBS)
   elseif(DARWIN)
     set(HUNSPELL_LIBRARY hunspell-1.3)
   elseif(LINUX)
-    set(HUNSPELL_LIBRARY hunspell-1.3)
+    set(HUNSPELL_LIBRARY hunspell-1.7)
   else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Invalid platform")
   endif()
diff --git a/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py b/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
index d8ae2cd367d5483af18951ce42b49092df3546a1..dbe44fe936084b6533d53188b637cf3015ce9d65 100755
--- a/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
+++ b/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
@@ -1467,7 +1467,6 @@ def construct(self):
             self.path("libuuid.so*")
             self.path("libSDL2*.so*")
             self.path("libopenjpeg.so*")
-            self.path("libhunspell-1.3.so*")
             self.path("libepoxy.so")
             self.path("libepoxy.so.0")
             self.path("libepoxy.so.0.0.0")
@@ -1544,7 +1543,6 @@ def construct(self):
             self.path("libuuid.so*")
             self.path("libSDL2*.so*")
             self.path("libopenjpeg.so*")
-            self.path("libhunspell-1.3.so*")
             self.path("libepoxy.so")
             self.path("libepoxy.so.0")
             self.path("libepoxy.so.0.0.0")