diff --git a/utils/dosfstools/Makefile b/utils/dosfstools/Makefile
index 38c3041122..1c88345bb7 100644
--- a/utils/dosfstools/Makefile
+++ b/utils/dosfstools/Makefile
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dosfstools
-PKG_VERSION:=4.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_VERSION:=4.2
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)/ \
 		http://fossies.org/linux/misc
-PKG_HASH:=e6b2aca70ccc3fe3687365009dd94a2e18e82b688ed4e260e04b7412471cc173
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@gmail.com>
+PKG_HASH:=ba7c716ff9b8208a3bba5094a77584a7dc814141de09ab4ce1ae9b84bbcd7844
 
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:dosfstools_project:dosfstools
diff --git a/utils/dosfstools/patches/010-iconv.patch b/utils/dosfstools/patches/010-iconv.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f594285d3a..0000000000
--- a/utils/dosfstools/patches/010-iconv.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From e18bcc65d5772e518c6496b439bad8a986f7e434 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:18:19 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] configure: Fix iconv check for cross compilation
-
-AC_CHECK_LIB is more friendly towards cross-compilation.
-
-Added check for libiconv_open as that can be used when the libc lacks iconv.
----
- configure.ac | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ if test "x$with_udev" != "xno"; then
- 		  [true])
- fi
- 
--AC_SEARCH_LIBS(iconv_open, iconv)
-+AC_CHECK_LIB(iconv, iconv_open)
-+AC_CHECK_LIB(iconv, libiconv_open)
- 
- # xxd (distributed with vim) is used in the testsuite
- AC_CHECK_PROG([XXD_FOUND], [xxd], [yes])