diff --git a/net/socat/Makefile b/net/socat/Makefile
index 57b3ce47a8..d065797212 100644
--- a/net/socat/Makefile
+++ b/net/socat/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=socat
 PKG_VERSION:=1.8.0.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download
diff --git a/net/socat/patches/200-openssl-deprecated.patch b/net/socat/patches/200-openssl-deprecated.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 414fb211fa..0000000000
--- a/net/socat/patches/200-openssl-deprecated.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/xio-openssl.c
-+++ b/xio-openssl.c
-@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
- #if WITH_OPENSSL	/* make this address configure dependent */
- #include <openssl/conf.h>
- #include <openssl/x509v3.h>
-+#include <openssl/dh.h>
-+#include <openssl/bn.h>
- 
- #include "xioopen.h"
-