diff --git a/net/etherwake/Makefile b/net/etherwake/Makefile
index 9a0b9ba804..98063c036e 100644
--- a/net/etherwake/Makefile
+++ b/net/etherwake/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=etherwake
 PKG_VERSION:=1.09
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION).orig.tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/etherwake
diff --git a/net/etherwake/patches/100-no_ether_hostton.patch b/net/etherwake/patches/100-no_ether_hostton.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e33c06b11d..0000000000
--- a/net/etherwake/patches/100-no_ether_hostton.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
---- etherwake-1.09.orig/ether-wake.c	2005-07-10 20:44:25.000000000 +0200
-+++ etherwake-1.09.orig.no_ether_hostton/ether-wake.c	2007-04-29 19:03:41.000000000 +0200
-@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
- "	an optional password appended.\n"
- "\n"
- "	The single required parameter is the Ethernet MAC (station) address\n"
-+#if !defined(__UCLIBC__)
- "	of the machine to wake or a host ID with known NSS 'ethers' entry.\n"
-+#else
-+"	of the machine to wake.\n"
-+#endif
- "	The MAC address may be found with the 'arp' program while the target\n"
- "	machine is awake.\n"
- "\n"
-@@ -289,16 +293,22 @@
- 		if (debug)
- 			fprintf(stderr, "The target station address is %s.\n",
- 					ether_ntoa(eaddr));
-+#if !defined(__UCLIBC__)
- 	} else if (ether_hostton(hostid, eaddr) == 0) {
- 		if (debug)
- 			fprintf(stderr, "Station address for hostname %s is %s.\n",
- 					hostid, ether_ntoa(eaddr));
-+#endif
- 	} else {
- 		(void)fprintf(stderr,
- 					  "ether-wake: The Magic Packet host address must be "
- 					  "specified as\n"
-+#if !defined(__UCLIBC__)
- 					  "  - a station address, 00:11:22:33:44:55, or\n"
- 					  "  - a hostname with a known 'ethers' entry.\n");
-+#else
-+					  "  - a station address, 00:11:22:33:44:55\n");
-+#endif
- 		return -1;
- 	}
- 	return 0;