diff --git a/packages/network/libdnet/package.mk b/packages/network/libdnet/package.mk
index 7f20d2bbe5..e5e7952f2b 100644
--- a/packages/network/libdnet/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/libdnet/package.mk
@@ -1,45 +1,37 @@
 ################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      This file is part of LibreELEC - https://libreelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC
 #      Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
 #
-#  OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  LibreELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 #  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 #  (at your option) any later version.
 #
-#  OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  LibreELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 #  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 #  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 #  GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 #  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#  along with LibreELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="libdnet"
-PKG_VERSION="1.12"
-PKG_SHA256="83b33039787cf99990e977cef7f18a5d5e7aaffc4505548a83d31bd3515eb026"
+PKG_VERSION="8029bf9"
+PKG_SHA256="1e41cbe5e4884108b08fa92964305354f1662b7e889f62736b3749845d7a8c56"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
-PKG_SITE="http://code.google.com/p/libdnet/"
-PKG_URL="http://libdnet.googlecode.com/files/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tgz"
+PKG_SITE="https://github.com/sgeto/libdnet"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/sgeto/libdnet/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_SECTION="network"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="A simplified, portable interface to several low-level networking routines"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A simplified, portable interface to several low-level networking routines"
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_func_strlcat=no \
                            ac_cv_func_strlcpy=no \
                            --enable-static \
                            --disable-shared \
-                           --without-python"
-
-pre_configure_target() {
-  sed "s|@prefix@|$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr|g" -i $PKG_BUILD/dnet-config.in
-}
-
-post_makeinstall_target() {
-  mkdir -p $TOOLCHAIN/bin
-    cp dnet-config $TOOLCHAIN/bin/
-}
+                           --disable-python"
diff --git a/packages/network/libdnet/patches/00-fix_strlcpy_strlcat.patch b/packages/network/libdnet/patches/00-fix_strlcpy_strlcat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a3deb0e48c..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/libdnet/patches/00-fix_strlcpy_strlcat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur libdnet-1.12/acconfig.h libdnet-1.12-patch/acconfig.h
---- libdnet-1.12/acconfig.h	2018-02-01 15:55:19.346009246 -0500
-+++ libdnet-1.12-patch/acconfig.h	2018-02-01 15:59:14.826008240 -0500
-@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_STRLCAT
--int	strlcat(char *, const char *, int);
-+size_t	strlcat(char *, const char *, size_t);
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY
--int	strlcpy(char *, const char *, int);
-+size_t	strlcpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_STRSEP
-diff -Naur libdnet-1.12/include/config.h.in libdnet-1.12-patch/include/config.h.in
---- libdnet-1.12/include/config.h.in	2018-02-01 15:51:57.346010109 -0500
-+++ libdnet-1.12-patch/include/config.h.in	2018-02-01 15:59:47.316008101 -0500
-@@ -282,11 +282,11 @@
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_STRLCAT
--int	strlcat(char *, const char *, int);
-+size_t	strlcat(char *, const char *, size_t);
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY
--int	strlcpy(char *, const char *, int);
-+size_t	strlcpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_STRSEP
-diff -Naur libdnet-1.12/trunk/acconfig.h libdnet-1.12-patch/trunk/acconfig.h
---- libdnet-1.12/trunk/acconfig.h	2018-02-01 15:51:57.356010109 -0500
-+++ libdnet-1.12-patch/trunk/acconfig.h	2018-02-01 16:00:08.526008010 -0500
-@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_STRLCAT
--int	strlcat(char *, const char *, int);
-+size_t	strlcat(char *, const char *, size_t);
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY
--int	strlcpy(char *, const char *, int);
-+size_t	strlcpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_STRSEP
-diff -Naur libdnet-1.12/trunk/include/config.h.in libdnet-1.12-patch/trunk/include/config.h.in
---- libdnet-1.12/trunk/include/config.h.in	2018-02-01 15:51:57.356010109 -0500
-+++ libdnet-1.12-patch/trunk/include/config.h.in	2018-02-01 16:00:34.786007898 -0500
-@@ -282,11 +282,11 @@
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_STRLCAT
--int	strlcat(char *, const char *, int);
-+size_t	strlcat(char *, const char *, size_t);
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY
--int	strlcpy(char *, const char *, int);
-+size_t	strlcpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_STRSEP