diff --git a/packages/network/samba/package.mk b/packages/network/samba/package.mk
index 01fdea9e65..f41d33f59d 100644
--- a/packages/network/samba/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/samba/package.mk
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="samba"
-PKG_VERSION="4.8.0"
-PKG_SHA256="87d9b585dbd8628e79aabb6e621a94bd20a072a00762e78e0899fad22fc18fb7"
+PKG_VERSION="4.8.1"
+PKG_SHA256="8ef7367507f16b7a5e2f6aed5bcdbd1143feca79aa2a07c9b21292b17d7f789d"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPLv3+"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.samba.org"
diff --git a/packages/network/samba/patches/samba-999-fix-compilation-of-samba-4.7.4-with-disabled-ADS.patch b/packages/network/samba/patches/samba-999-fix-compilation-of-samba-4.7.4-with-disabled-ADS.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e956bb470..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/samba/patches/samba-999-fix-compilation-of-samba-4.7.4-with-disabled-ADS.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- a/source3/libads/kerberos_keytab.c.orig	2017-12-23 14:23:53.247467000 +0100
-+++ b/source3/libads/kerberos_keytab.c	2017-12-23 18:57:07.135340000 +0100
-@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
- 
- #ifdef HAVE_KRB5
- 
--#ifdef HAVE_ADS
--
- /* This MAX_NAME_LEN is a constant defined in krb5.h */
- #ifndef MAX_KEYTAB_NAME_LEN
- #define MAX_KEYTAB_NAME_LEN 1100
-@@ -85,6 +83,8 @@
- 	return ret;
- }
- 
-+#ifdef HAVE_ADS
-+
- /**********************************************************************
-  Adds a single service principal, i.e. 'host' to the system keytab
- ***********************************************************************/