diff --git a/packages/devel/m4/package.mk b/packages/devel/m4/package.mk
index a23f773c1f..c39622c3c8 100644
--- a/packages/devel/m4/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/m4/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="m4"
-PKG_VERSION="1.4.16"
+PKG_VERSION="1.4.17"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/devel/m4/patches/m4-1.4.16-fgets.patch b/packages/devel/m4/patches/m4-1.4.16-fgets.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ce4b81735..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/m4/patches/m4-1.4.16-fgets.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/stdio.in.h b/lib/stdio.in.h
-index b7f3b6f..7a4f423 100644
---- a/lib/stdio.in.h
-+++ b/lib/stdio.in.h
-@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ _GL_WARN_ON_USE (fflush, "fflush is not always POSIX compliant - "
-    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
-    always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
- #undef gets
-+#if HAVE_RAW_DECL_GETS
- _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
-+#endif
- 
- #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@
- # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@