diff --git a/net/wget/Makefile b/net/wget/Makefile
index 1e784052e0..d346a68634 100644
--- a/net/wget/Makefile
+++ b/net/wget/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=wget
-PKG_VERSION:=1.19.1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.18
 PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/$(PKG_NAME)
-PKG_HASH:=0c950b9671881222a4d385b013c9604e98a8025d1988529dfca0e93617744cd2
+PKG_HASH:=b5b55b75726c04c06fe253daec9329a6f1a3c0c1878e3ea76ebfebc139ea9cc1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Maxim Storchak <m.storchak@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
diff --git a/net/wget/patches/100-revert-removal-of-libunistring-check-clear.patch b/net/wget/patches/100-revert-removal-of-libunistring-check-clear.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c93737241..0000000000
--- a/net/wget/patches/100-revert-removal-of-libunistring-check-clear.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -663,6 +663,11 @@ if test "X$iri" != "Xno"; then
- #    ])
-   ])
- fi
-+if test "X$iri" = "Xno"; then
-+  # we don't need libunistring - clear settings from gnulib module
-+  LIBUNISTRING=""
-+  LTLIBUNISTRING=""
-+fi
- 
- dnl
- dnl Check for UUID