diff --git a/package/pppd/0001-Move-netinet-in.h-above-linux-header-includes.patch b/package/pppd/0001-Move-netinet-in.h-above-linux-header-includes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f6933f5e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/pppd/0001-Move-netinet-in.h-above-linux-header-includes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/pppoe.h b/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/pppoe.h
+index 9ab2eee..b827620 100644
+--- a/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/pppoe.h
++++ b/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/pppoe.h
+@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
+ #include <sys/socket.h>
+ #endif
+ 
++#include <netinet/in.h>
++
+ /* Ugly header files on some Linux boxes... */
+ #if defined(HAVE_LINUX_IF_H)
+ #include <linux/if.h>
+@@ -84,8 +86,6 @@ typedef unsigned long UINT32_t;
+ #include <linux/if_ether.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+-#include <netinet/in.h>
+-
+ #ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IF_ETHER_H
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ 
diff --git a/package/pppd/0001-fix-building-with-linux-4.8.patch b/package/pppd/0001-fix-building-with-linux-4.8.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d09e39291b..0000000000
--- a/package/pppd/0001-fix-building-with-linux-4.8.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-From 492e240a651e3d32b84cac66e4675ee99dcbe05a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jackie Huang <jackie.huang@windriver.com>
-Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 13:41:43 +0800
-Subject: [PATCH] ppp: fix building with linux-4.8
-
-Fix a build error when using the linux-4.8 headers that results in:
-
-In file included from pppoe.h:87:0,
-                 from plugin.c:29:
-../usr/include/netinet/in.h:211:8: note: originally defined here
- struct in6_addr
-        ^~~~~~~~
-In file included from ../usr/include/linux/if_pppol2tp.h:20:0,
-                 from ../usr/include/linux/if_pppox.h:26,
-                 from plugin.c:52:
-../usr/include/linux/in6.h:49:8: error: redefinition of 'struct sockaddr_in6'
- struct sockaddr_in6 {
-        ^~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Signed-off-by: Jackie Huang <jackie.huang@windriver.com>
-[Thomas: downloaded from https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/pull/69.]
-Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
----
- pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/pppoe.h | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/pppoe.h b/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/pppoe.h
-index 9ab2eee..96d2794 100644
---- a/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/pppoe.h
-+++ b/pppd/plugins/rp-pppoe/pppoe.h
-@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ typedef unsigned long UINT32_t;
- #include <linux/if_ether.h>
- #endif
- 
--#include <netinet/in.h>
-+#include <linux/in.h>
- 
- #ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IF_ETHER_H
- #include <sys/types.h>