diff --git a/utils/coreutils/Makefile b/utils/coreutils/Makefile
index 4500e88e47..3b9f17d37f 100644
--- a/utils/coreutils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/coreutils/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=coreutils
-PKG_VERSION:=8.16
+PKG_VERSION:=8.23
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/coreutils
-PKG_MD5SUM:=89b06f91634208dceba7b36ad1f9e8b9
+PKG_MD5SUM:=abed135279f87ad6762ce57ff6d89c41
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=libpthread
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org>
 
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ DEPENDS_sort = +libpthread
 DEPENDS_timeout = +librt
 DEPENDS_expr = +libgmp
 DEPENDS_factor = +libgmp
+DEPENDS_cp = +libacl
+DEPENDS_dir = +libacl
+DEPENDS_install = +libacl
+DEPENDS_ls = +libacl
+DEPENDS_mv = +libacl
+DEPENDS_vdir = +libacl
 
 define Package/coreutils/Default
   SECTION:=utils
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ define Build/Compile
 	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
 		DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
 		SHELL="/bin/bash" \
-		all install install-root
+		all install
 endef
 
 define Package/coreutils/install
diff --git a/utils/coreutils/patches/001-no_docs_man_tests.patch b/utils/coreutils/patches/001-no_docs_man_tests.patch
index 2c04117509..60f2df2b80 100644
--- a/utils/coreutils/patches/001-no_docs_man_tests.patch
+++ b/utils/coreutils/patches/001-no_docs_man_tests.patch
@@ -4,19 +4,86 @@
  
  ALL_RECURSIVE_TARGETS =
  
--SUBDIRS = lib src doc man po tests gnulib-tests
-+SUBDIRS = lib src po
+-SUBDIRS = po . gnulib-tests
++SUBDIRS = po
  
  changelog_etc =				\
    ChangeLog-2005			\
+@@ -213,6 +213,4 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = -Ilib -I$(top_srcdir)/lib
+ 
+ include $(top_srcdir)/lib/local.mk
+ include $(top_srcdir)/src/local.mk
+-include $(top_srcdir)/doc/local.mk
+-include $(top_srcdir)/man/local.mk
+-include $(top_srcdir)/tests/local.mk
++
 --- a/Makefile.in
 +++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
- 
- # Some tests always need root privileges, others need them only sometimes.
- ALL_RECURSIVE_TARGETS = install-root check-root distcheck-hook
--SUBDIRS = lib src doc man po tests gnulib-tests
-+SUBDIRS = lib src po
+@@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ build_triplet = @build@
+ host_triplet = @host@
+ DIST_COMMON = $(top_srcdir)/lib/local.mk $(srcdir)/lib/gnulib.mk \
+ 	$(top_srcdir)/src/local.mk $(srcdir)/src/cu-progs.mk \
+-	$(top_srcdir)/src/single-binary.mk $(top_srcdir)/doc/local.mk \
+-	$(top_srcdir)/man/local.mk $(top_srcdir)/tests/local.mk \
++	$(top_srcdir)/src/single-binary.mk \
+ 	INSTALL NEWS README AUTHORS ChangeLog $(srcdir)/Makefile.in \
+ 	$(srcdir)/Makefile.am $(top_srcdir)/configure \
+ 	$(am__configure_deps) $(top_srcdir)/lib/config.hin ABOUT-NLS \
+@@ -2276,11 +2275,7 @@ RECURSIVE_TARGETS = all-recursive check-
+ 	install-ps-recursive install-recursive installcheck-recursive \
+ 	installdirs-recursive pdf-recursive ps-recursive \
+ 	tags-recursive uninstall-recursive
+-am__can_run_installinfo = \
+-  case $$AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR in \
+-    n|no|NO) false;; \
+-    *) (install-info --version) >/dev/null 2>&1;; \
+-  esac
++am__can_run_installinfo = false
+ am__vpath_adj_setup = srcdirstrip=`echo "$(srcdir)" | sed 's|.|.|g'`;
+ am__vpath_adj = case $$p in \
+     $(srcdir)/*) f=`echo "$$p" | sed "s|^$$srcdirstrip/||"`;; \
+@@ -2606,7 +2601,7 @@ EOVERFLOW_HIDDEN = @EOVERFLOW_HIDDEN@
+ EOVERFLOW_VALUE = @EOVERFLOW_VALUE@
+ ERRNO_H = @ERRNO_H@
+ EXEEXT = @EXEEXT@
+-EXTRA_MANS = @EXTRA_MANS@
++EXTRA_MANS = 
+ FLOAT_H = @FLOAT_H@
+ FNMATCH_H = @FNMATCH_H@
+ GETADDRINFO_LIB = @GETADDRINFO_LIB@
+@@ -3820,7 +3815,7 @@ libexecdir = @libexecdir@
+ lispdir = @lispdir@
+ localedir = @localedir@
+ localstatedir = @localstatedir@
+-man1_MANS = @man1_MANS@
++man1_MANS = 
+ mandir = @mandir@
+ mkdir_p = @mkdir_p@
+ oldincludedir = @oldincludedir@
+@@ -3843,7 +3838,7 @@ top_build_prefix = @top_build_prefix@
+ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
+ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
+ ALL_RECURSIVE_TARGETS = distcheck-hook check-root
+-SUBDIRS = po . gnulib-tests
++SUBDIRS = po
  changelog_etc = \
    ChangeLog-2005			\
    ChangeLog-2006			\
+@@ -5767,7 +5762,7 @@ all: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+ .SUFFIXES: .1 .c .dvi .log .o .obj .pl .pl$(EXEEXT) .ps .sed .sh .sh$(EXEEXT) .sin .trs .x .xpl .xpl$(EXEEXT) .y
+ am--refresh: Makefile
+ 	@:
+-$(srcdir)/Makefile.in:  $(srcdir)/Makefile.am $(top_srcdir)/lib/local.mk $(srcdir)/lib/gnulib.mk $(top_srcdir)/src/local.mk $(srcdir)/src/cu-progs.mk $(top_srcdir)/src/single-binary.mk $(top_srcdir)/doc/local.mk $(top_srcdir)/man/local.mk $(top_srcdir)/tests/local.mk $(am__configure_deps)
++$(srcdir)/Makefile.in:  $(srcdir)/Makefile.am $(top_srcdir)/lib/local.mk $(srcdir)/lib/gnulib.mk $(top_srcdir)/src/local.mk $(srcdir)/src/cu-progs.mk $(top_srcdir)/src/single-binary.mk $(am__configure_deps)
+ 	@for dep in $?; do \
+ 	  case '$(am__configure_deps)' in \
+ 	    *$$dep*) \
+@@ -5790,7 +5785,7 @@ Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_bu
+ 	    echo ' cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $@ $(am__depfiles_maybe)'; \
+ 	    cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $@ $(am__depfiles_maybe);; \
+ 	esac;
+-$(top_srcdir)/lib/local.mk $(srcdir)/lib/gnulib.mk $(top_srcdir)/src/local.mk $(srcdir)/src/cu-progs.mk $(top_srcdir)/src/single-binary.mk $(top_srcdir)/doc/local.mk $(top_srcdir)/man/local.mk $(top_srcdir)/tests/local.mk:
++$(top_srcdir)/lib/local.mk $(srcdir)/lib/gnulib.mk $(top_srcdir)/src/local.mk $(srcdir)/src/cu-progs.mk $(top_srcdir)/src/single-binary.mk:
+ 
+ $(top_builddir)/config.status: $(top_srcdir)/configure $(CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES)
+ 	$(SHELL) ./config.status --recheck
diff --git a/utils/coreutils/patches/002-fix_compile_with_uclibc.patch b/utils/coreutils/patches/002-fix_compile_with_uclibc.patch
index bee8a5656a..94187e4b6a 100644
--- a/utils/coreutils/patches/002-fix_compile_with_uclibc.patch
+++ b/utils/coreutils/patches/002-fix_compile_with_uclibc.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/lib/pthread.in.h
 +++ b/lib/pthread.in.h
-@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ pthread_mutex_unlock (pthread_mutex_t *m
+@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ pthread_mutex_unlock (pthread_mutex_t *m
  
  /* Approximate spinlocks with mutexes.  */
  
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 +#endif
  typedef pthread_mutex_t pthread_spinlock_t;
  
- static inline int
+ _GL_PTHREAD_INLINE int
diff --git a/utils/coreutils/patches/010-fix-gets-removal.patch b/utils/coreutils/patches/010-fix-gets-removal.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2be5fc4dd7..0000000000
--- a/utils/coreutils/patches/010-fix-gets-removal.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/stdio.in.h b/lib/stdio.in.h
-index 9dc7c4a..9fdac77 100644
---- a/lib/stdio.in.h
-+++ b/lib/stdio.in.h
-@@ -711,10 +711,6 @@ _GL_CXXALIAS_SYS (gets, char *, (char *s));
- #  undef gets
- # endif
- _GL_CXXALIASWARN (gets);
--/* It is very rare that the developer ever has full control of stdin,
--   so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
--   always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
--_GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
- #endif
- 
-