diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
index d9209926b2..00eebc59ac 100644
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--without-ada \
                            --without-develop \
                            --disable-hard-tabs \
                            --disable-xmc-glitch \
-                           --disable-hashmap \
+                           --enable-hashmap \
                            --disable-safe-sprintf \
                            --disable-scroll-hints \
                            --enable-widec \
diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/patches/ncurses-003-fix_hints.patch b/packages/devel/ncurses/patches/ncurses-003-fix_hints.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8462304867..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/patches/ncurses-003-fix_hints.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Fix USE_SCROLL_HINTS/USE_HASHMAP logic
-
---- a/ncurses/curses.priv.h	2018-12-16 02:16:58.000000000 +0100
-+++ a/ncurses/curses.priv.h	2021-05-30 00:12:14.086528124 +0200
-@@ -258,10 +258,9 @@ extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void *) _nc_memmov
- /*
-  * Scroll hints are useless when hashmap is used
-  */
--#if !USE_SCROLL_HINTS
--#if !USE_HASHMAP
--#define USE_SCROLL_HINTS 1
--#else
-+#if USE_SCROLL_HINTS
-+#if USE_HASHMAP
-+#undef USE_SCROLL_HINTS
- #define USE_SCROLL_HINTS 0
- #endif
- #endif