diff --git a/package/e2fsprogs/Makefile b/package/e2fsprogs/Makefile
index 3a08db3238..21942ef0dd 100644
--- a/package/e2fsprogs/Makefile
+++ b/package/e2fsprogs/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=e2fsprogs
-PKG_VERSION:=1.40.11
-PKG_MD5SUM:=004cea70d724fdc7f1a952dffe4c9db8
+PKG_VERSION:=1.41.11
+PKG_MD5SUM:=fb507a40c2706bc38306f150d069e345
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
diff --git a/package/e2fsprogs/patches/001-fix_abs_shlibs_symlinks.patch b/package/e2fsprogs/patches/001-fix_abs_shlibs_symlinks.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e6dd084acc..0000000000
--- a/package/e2fsprogs/patches/001-fix_abs_shlibs_symlinks.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/lib/Makefile.elf-lib
-+++ b/lib/Makefile.elf-lib
-@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ install-shlibs install:: $(ELF_LIB) inst
- 	@echo "	SYMLINK $(ELF_INSTALL_DIR)/$(ELF_SONAME)"
- 	@$(LN_S) -f $(ELF_LIB) $(DESTDIR)$(ELF_INSTALL_DIR)/$(ELF_SONAME)
- 	@echo "	SYMLINK $(libdir)/$(ELF_IMAGE).so"
--	@$(LN_S) -f $(ELF_INSTALL_DIR)/$(ELF_SONAME) \
-+	@$(LN_S) -f $(ELF_SONAME) \
- 		$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(ELF_IMAGE).so
- 	@echo "	LDCONFIG"
- 	@-$(LDCONFIG)