diff --git a/package/network/services/uhttpd/Makefile b/package/network/services/uhttpd/Makefile
index 51f2bdc1ce..a9a535aee8 100644
--- a/package/network/services/uhttpd/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/uhttpd/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=uhttpd
-PKG_VERSION:=2015-09-07
+PKG_VERSION:=2015-10-08
 PKG_RELEASE=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=git://nbd.name/uhttpd2.git
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=993cace15114a0f06f720f34a4748ab54b695f0d
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=7ed2edc40dd6d0171266f3bfbc96466e1d25e3cd
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=ISC
diff --git a/package/network/services/uhttpd/files/uhttpd.init b/package/network/services/uhttpd/files/uhttpd.init
index 1ebe38e8d3..a3e09c44e7 100755
--- a/package/network/services/uhttpd/files/uhttpd.init
+++ b/package/network/services/uhttpd/files/uhttpd.init
@@ -131,11 +131,6 @@ start_instance()
 	}
 
 	procd_close_instance
-
-	# Check if daemon is running, if not then
-	# re-execute in foreground to display error.
-#	sleep 1 && service_check $UHTTPD_BIN || \
-#		$UHTTPD_BIN -f $UHTTPD_ARGS
 }
 
 service_triggers()