diff --git a/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk b/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk
index 2d52f135be..d11703c27a 100644
--- a/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ case "$PROJECT" in
     PKG_NEED_UNPACK+=" $(get_pkg_directory rkbin)"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="2017.09"
-    PKG_SHA256="b2d15f2cf5f72e706025cde73d67247c6da8cd35f7e10891eefe7d9095089744"
+    PKG_VERSION="2018.09"
+    PKG_SHA256="839bf23cfe8ce613a77e583a60375179d0ad324e92c82fbdd07bebf0fd142268"
     PKG_URL="http://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/u-boot-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
     ;;
 esac
diff --git a/packages/tools/u-boot/patches/2017.09/u-boot-0001-dont-build-libfdt.patch b/packages/tools/u-boot/patches/2017.09/u-boot-0001-dont-build-libfdt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 92df15e03c..0000000000
--- a/packages/tools/u-boot/patches/2017.09/u-boot-0001-dont-build-libfdt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur a/Makefile b/Makefile
---- a/Makefile	2017-09-11 11:10:40.000000000 -0700
-+++ b/Makefile	2017-10-03 13:41:57.992106628 -0700
-@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@
- 	$(call filechk,timestamp.h)
- 
- checkbinman: tools
--	@if ! ( echo 'import libfdt' | ( PYTHONPATH=tools $(PYTHON) )); then \
-+	@if ! ( echo 'from pylibfdt import libfdt' | ( python )); then \
- 		echo >&2; \
- 		echo >&2 '*** binman needs the Python libfdt library.'; \
- 		echo >&2 '*** Either install it on your system, or try:'; \
-diff -Naur a/tools/dtoc/fdt.py b/tools/dtoc/fdt.py
---- a/tools/dtoc/fdt.py	2017-09-11 11:10:40.000000000 -0700
-+++ b/tools/dtoc/fdt.py	2017-10-03 13:42:18.398306028 -0700
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
- import sys
- 
- import fdt_util
--import libfdt
-+from pylibfdt import libfdt
- 
- # This deals with a device tree, presenting it as an assortment of Node and
- # Prop objects, representing nodes and properties, respectively. This file
-diff -Naur a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
---- a/tools/Makefile	2017-09-11 11:10:40.000000000 -0700
-+++ b/tools/Makefile	2017-10-03 13:42:33.286451519 -0700
-@@ -232,10 +232,6 @@
- 
- always := $(hostprogs-y)
- 
--# Build a libfdt Python module if swig is available
--# Use 'sudo apt-get install swig libpython-dev' to enable this
--always += $(if $(shell which swig 2> /dev/null),_libfdt.so)
--
- # Generated LCD/video logo
- LOGO_H = $(objtree)/include/bmp_logo.h
- LOGO_DATA_H = $(objtree)/include/bmp_logo_data.h
diff --git a/packages/tools/u-boot/patches/2018.09/u-boot-0001-dont-build-libfdt.patch b/packages/tools/u-boot/patches/2018.09/u-boot-0001-dont-build-libfdt.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8df1270cca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/u-boot/patches/2018.09/u-boot-0001-dont-build-libfdt.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/dts/Kconfig b/dts/Kconfig
+index 0cef225ba9..e4e3455d4c 100644
+--- a/dts/Kconfig
++++ b/dts/Kconfig
+@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ config PYLIBFDT
+ 
+ config DTOC
+ 	bool
+-	select PYLIBFDT
+ 
+ config BINMAN
+ 	bool
+diff --git a/tools/dtoc/fdt.py b/tools/dtoc/fdt.py
+index dbc338653b..04f3c5935c 100644
+--- a/tools/dtoc/fdt.py
++++ b/tools/dtoc/fdt.py
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import struct
+ import sys
+ 
+ import fdt_util
+-import libfdt
++from pylibfdt import libfdt
+ from libfdt import QUIET_NOTFOUND
+ 
+ # This deals with a device tree, presenting it as an assortment of Node and