diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build
index b1d1d16a42..a143deccbf 100755
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ cp $ROOT/$PKG_DIR/config/makefile.config .config
 echo "CFLAGS += $TARGET_CFLAGS -I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/libnl3/" >> .config
 # echo "CONFIG_TLS=gnutls" >> .config
 # echo "CONFIG_GNUTLS_EXTRA=y" >> .config
-echo "CONFIG_LIBNL20=y" >> .config
+echo "CONFIG_LIBNL32=y" >> .config
 [ ! "$DEBUG" = "yes" ] && echo "CONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG=y" >> .config
 
 make LIBDIR=/usr/lib BINDIR=/usr/bin
diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta
index c2ee0497e2..68960c5b37 100644
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="wpa_supplicant"
-PKG_VERSION="0.7.3"
+PKG_VERSION="1.0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/patches/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-libnl-3.patch b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/patches/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-libnl-3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c9606335b5..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/patches/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-libnl-3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur wpa_supplicant-0.7.3/src/drivers/drivers.mak wpa_supplicant-0.7.3.patch/src/drivers/drivers.mak
---- wpa_supplicant-0.7.3/src/drivers/drivers.mak	2010-09-07 17:43:39.000000000 +0200
-+++ wpa_supplicant-0.7.3.patch/src/drivers/drivers.mak	2011-11-30 13:37:22.187964539 +0100
-@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
- NEED_AP_MLME=y
- NEED_NETLINK=y
- NEED_LINUX_IOCTL=y
--DRV_LIBS += -lnl
-+DRV_LIBS += -lnl-3
- 
- ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL20
--DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl
-+DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl-3
- DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL20
- endif
- endif
diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/patches/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-path.patch b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/patches/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 92898a64e5..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/patches/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur wpa_supplicant-0.7.3/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service wpa_supplicant-0.7.3.patch/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service
---- wpa_supplicant-0.7.3/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service	2010-09-07 17:43:39.000000000 +0200
-+++ wpa_supplicant-0.7.3.patch/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service	2011-11-06 22:34:15.331582673 +0100
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- [D-BUS Service]
- Name=fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant
--Exec=/sbin/wpa_supplicant -u
-+Exec=/usr/bin/wpa_supplicant -u
- User=root
-diff -Naur wpa_supplicant-0.7.3/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service wpa_supplicant-0.7.3.patch/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service
---- wpa_supplicant-0.7.3/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service	2010-09-07 17:43:39.000000000 +0200
-+++ wpa_supplicant-0.7.3.patch/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service	2011-11-06 22:34:24.216699484 +0100
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- [D-BUS Service]
- Name=fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1
--Exec=/sbin/wpa_supplicant -u
-+Exec=/usr/bin/wpa_supplicant -u
- User=root