diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
index 5c54d855c1..1d5b201c05 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
 PKG_VERSION:=2.71
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq
diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/patches/120-nettle-3.0-compatibility.patch b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/patches/120-nettle-3.0-compatibility.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e5fc2ae34..0000000000
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/patches/120-nettle-3.0-compatibility.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/dnssec.c
-+++ b/src/dnssec.c
-@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
- #ifdef HAVE_DNSSEC
- 
- #include <nettle/rsa.h>
--#include <nettle/dsa.h>
-+#include <nettle/dsa-compat.h>
- #ifndef NO_NETTLE_ECC
- #  include <nettle/ecdsa.h>
- #  include <nettle/ecc-curve.h>
-@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static int rsa_verify(struct blockdata *
-   return 0;
- }  
- 
--static int dsa_verify(struct blockdata *key_data, unsigned int key_len, unsigned char *sig, size_t sig_len,
-+static int dnsmasq_dsa_verify(struct blockdata *key_data, unsigned int key_len, unsigned char *sig, size_t sig_len,
- 		      unsigned char *digest, int algo)
- {
-   unsigned char *p;
-@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static int verify(struct blockdata *key_
-       return rsa_verify(key_data, key_len, sig, sig_len, digest, algo);
-       
-     case 3: case 6: 
--      return dsa_verify(key_data, key_len, sig, sig_len, digest, algo);
-+      return dnsmasq_dsa_verify(key_data, key_len, sig, sig_len, digest, algo);
-  
- #ifndef NO_NETTLE_ECC   
-     case 13: case 14: