diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/dbus/package.mk
index 289ff7bdcc..77f38d01f7 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/dbus/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dbus/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="dbus"
-PKG_VERSION="1.8.6"
+PKG_VERSION="1.8.8"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus/patches/dbus-01_dont-check-for-libsystemd-login-libsystemd-daemon.patch b/packages/sysutils/dbus/patches/dbus-01_dont-check-for-libsystemd-login-libsystemd-daemon.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e2c1e5675..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/dbus/patches/dbus-01_dont-check-for-libsystemd-login-libsystemd-daemon.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur dbus-1.8.0/configure.ac dbus-1.8.0.patch/configure.ac
---- dbus-1.8.0/configure.ac	2014-01-20 14:40:59.000000000 +0100
-+++ dbus-1.8.0.patch/configure.ac	2014-02-20 18:10:36.413817342 +0100
-@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@
-     have_systemd=no;
- else
-     PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SYSTEMD,
--        [libsystemd-login >= 32, libsystemd-daemon >= 32, libsystemd-journal >= 32],
-+        [libsystemd >= 209],
-         have_systemd=yes,
-         have_systemd=no)
- fi