diff --git a/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/package.mk
index 3671f70db4..33b459818c 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs"
-PKG_VERSION="2016.2.22"
+PKG_VERSION="2017.3.23"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.ntfs-3g.org/"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/patches/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-01-meh-gcrypt.patch b/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/patches/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-01-meh-gcrypt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 01ed580f71..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/patches/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-01-meh-gcrypt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 830c5fb..f9ce6a7 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -318,14 +318,6 @@ fi
- compile_crypto=false
- if test "$enable_crypto" != "no"; then
- 	have_libgcrypt=false
--	AM_PATH_LIBGCRYPT(1.2.2, [ have_libgcrypt=true ],
--	[
--		if test "$enable_crypto" = "yes"; then
--			AC_MSG_ERROR([ntfsprogs crypto code requires the gcrypt library.])
--		else
--			AC_MSG_WARN([ntfsprogs crypto code requires the gcrypt library.])
--		fi
--	])
- 	have_libgnutls=false
- 	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNUTLS, gnutls >= 1.4.4, [ have_libgnutls=true ],
- 		if test "$enable_crypto" = "yes"; then
-