diff --git a/utils/gpsd/Makefile b/utils/gpsd/Makefile
index cd796eb672..2307133b0b 100644
--- a/utils/gpsd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/gpsd/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gpsd
-PKG_VERSION:=3.25
-PKG_RELEASE:=7
+PKG_VERSION:=3.26.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SAVANNAH/$(PKG_NAME)
-PKG_HASH:=7e5e53e5ab157dce560a2f22e20322ef1136d3ebde99162def833a3306de01e5
+PKG_HASH:=45c0d4779324bd59a47cfcb7ac57180d2dbdf418603d398a079392dabf1f740c
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Pushpal Sidhu <psidhu.devel@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ define Package/libgps
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
   TITLE:=C service library for communicating with the GPS daemon
-  ABI_VERSION:=30
+  ABI_VERSION:=31
 endef
 
 define Package/libgps/description
diff --git a/utils/gpsd/patches/0002-ncurses6_detection.patch b/utils/gpsd/patches/0002-ncurses6_detection.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a626e18fb8..0000000000
--- a/utils/gpsd/patches/0002-ncurses6_detection.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/SConscript
-+++ b/SConscript
-@@ -1118,6 +1118,8 @@ if not cleaning and not helping:
-                 ncurseslibs += pkg_config('tinfo', rpath_hack=True)
-         # It's not yet known whether rpath_hack is appropriate for
-         # ncurses5-config.
-+        elif WhereIs('ncursesw6-config'):
-+            ncurseslibs = ['!ncursesw6-config --libs --cflags']
-         elif WhereIs('ncurses5-config'):
-             ncurseslibs = ['!ncurses5-config --libs --cflags']
-         elif WhereIs('ncursesw5-config'):