diff --git a/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile b/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile
index 0cb49dbf02..3a09146acc 100644
--- a/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=open-plc-utils
-PKG_VERSION:=2015-09-21
+PKG_VERSION:=2017-01-11
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/qca/open-plc-utils.git
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=885a1b7e2e663b5ab8797db6d40a0318131fdf18
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=6a07d621583cb86ddf2fddcacb41cc4cf28bf33a
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.xz
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
 
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ OPEN_PLC_UTILS_APPS:=efbu efeu efru efsu edru edsu nics \
 
 $(foreach a,$(OPEN_PLC_UTILS_APPS),$(eval $(call GenPlugin,$(a))))
 
-ifdef CONFIG_USE_MUSL
-  TARGET_CFLAGS += -D__UCLIBC__
-endif
-
 define Build/Compile
 	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
 		EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
diff --git a/utils/open-plc-utils/patches/100-musl-compat.patch b/utils/open-plc-utils/patches/100-musl-compat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c20c0a1fea..0000000000
--- a/utils/open-plc-utils/patches/100-musl-compat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
---- a/ether/readpacket.c
-+++ b/ether/readpacket.c
-@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
- #include <memory.h>
- #include <errno.h>
- 
-+#if defined (__linux__)
-+#include <poll.h>
-+#endif
-+
- #include "../ether/channel.h"
- #include "../tools/memory.h"
- #include "../tools/error.h"
-@@ -95,8 +99,6 @@ ssize_t readpacket (struct channel const
- 
- #elif defined (__linux__)
- 
--#include <sys/poll.h>
--
- 	struct pollfd pollfd =
- 	{
- 		channel->fd,
---- a/serial/serial.c
-+++ b/serial/serial.c
-@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
- 
- #if defined (WIN32)
- #include <Windows.h>
-+#else
-+#include <sys/select.h>
- #endif
- 
- /*====================================================================*