diff --git a/utils/smstools3/Makefile b/utils/smstools3/Makefile
index 6d31f01d59..4c60c58570 100644
--- a/utils/smstools3/Makefile
+++ b/utils/smstools3/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=smstools3
-PKG_VERSION:=3.1.15
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=3.1.21
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Gérald Kerma <dreagle@doukki.net>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=0
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/packages/
-PKG_HASH:=ed00ffaeaa312a5b4f969f4e97a64603a866bbe16e393ea02f5bf05234814d59
+PKG_HASH:=a26ba4c02b16f6cf13177bffca6c9230dc5fefaeba8e3030cd4e4905f6a92084
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
@@ -47,22 +47,19 @@ TARGET_CFLAGS += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 
 MAKE_VARS += LFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(if $(ICONV_FULL),-liconv)"
 
-BINDIR=/usr/local/bin
-
 define Package/smstools3/configure
 endef
 
 define Package/smstools3/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/$(BINDIR)
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/smsd $(1)/$(BINDIR)/smsd
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/scripts/sendsms $(1)/$(BINDIR)/sendsms
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/scripts/sms2html $(1)/$(BINDIR)/sms2html
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/scripts/sms2unicode $(1)/$(BINDIR)/sms2unicode
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/scripts/unicode2sms $(1)/$(BINDIR)/unicode2sms
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
+		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/smsd \
+		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/scripts/sendsms \
+		$(1)/usr/bin/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 0755 ./files/smstools3.init $(1)/etc/init.d/smstools3
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/smstools3.init $(1)/etc/init.d/smstools3
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 0755 ./files/smstools3.conf $(1)/etc/smsd.conf
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/smstools3.conf $(1)/etc/smsd.conf
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,smstools3))
diff --git a/utils/smstools3/files/smstools3.init b/utils/smstools3/files/smstools3.init
index 6598795b16..7c60ceaf8c 100644
--- a/utils/smstools3/files/smstools3.init
+++ b/utils/smstools3/files/smstools3.init
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ INFOFILE="/var/run/smsd.working"
 # Logfile can also be defined in here:
 LOGFILE="/var/log/smsd.log"
 
-DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/smsd
+DAEMON=/usr/bin/smsd
 # A program which turns power off for couple of seconds:
-RESETMODEMS=/usr/local/bin/smsd_resetmodems
+RESETMODEMS=/usr/bin/smsd_resetmodems
 NAME=smsd
 PSOPT=""
 
diff --git a/utils/smstools3/patches/001-smsd.patch b/utils/smstools3/patches/001-smsd.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6761661c91..0000000000
--- a/utils/smstools3/patches/001-smsd.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/smsd.c	2010-09-21 13:47:48.000000000 +0300
-+++ b/src/smsd.c	2013-03-05 05:26:26.000000000 +0300
-@@ -5200,8 +5200,8 @@
- 	int result = 1;
- 	char *cmd;
- 	char *p;
--	char answer[500];
--	char buffer[600];
-+	char answer[1024];
-+	char buffer[1024];
- 	int fd;
- 	int log_retry = 3;
- 	int i;
diff --git a/utils/smstools3/patches/002-Makefile.patch b/utils/smstools3/patches/002-Makefile.patch
index 1e5630f396..a52aee4f9c 100644
--- a/utils/smstools3/patches/002-Makefile.patch
+++ b/utils/smstools3/patches/002-Makefile.patch
@@ -9,12 +9,3 @@
  
  # Uncomment for Solaris
  # CFLAGS += -D SOLARIS
-@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ smsd: smsd.c extras.o locking.o cfgfile.
- 
- ifneq (,$(findstring SOLARIS,$(CFLAGS)))
- ifeq (,$(findstring DISABLE_INET_SOCKET,$(CFLAGS)))
--override LFLAGS += -lsocket -lnsl
-+	override LFLAGS += -lsocket -lnsl
- endif
- endif
- 
diff --git a/utils/smstools3/patches/003-bash-ash.patch b/utils/smstools3/patches/003-bash-ash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ad1663641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/smstools3/patches/003-bash-ash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- a/scripts/sendsms
++++ b/scripts/sendsms
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/bin/bash
++#!/bin/ash
+ # This script send a text sms at the command line by creating
+ # a sms file in the outgoing queue.
+