diff --git a/package/busybox/Makefile b/package/busybox/Makefile
index fa97ab1bb15..43da0a48deb 100644
--- a/package/busybox/Makefile
+++ b/package/busybox/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=busybox
-PKG_VERSION:=1.15.2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.15.3
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.busybox.net/downloads \
 		http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=d5653e5b74b17dbb1eeecda8b8f22c0a
+PKG_MD5SUM:=6059ac9456de6fb18dc8ee4cd0ec9240
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
diff --git a/package/busybox/patches/244-udhcpc_cidrroute.patch b/package/busybox/patches/244-udhcpc_cidrroute.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/package/busybox/patches/500-ping6_crash.patch b/package/busybox/patches/500-ping6_crash.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8412a18ac12..00000000000
--- a/package/busybox/patches/500-ping6_crash.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Index: busybox-1.15.2/networking/ping.c
-===================================================================
---- busybox-1.15.2.orig/networking/ping.c	2009-11-24 22:57:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ busybox-1.15.2/networking/ping.c	2009-11-24 22:58:58.000000000 +0100
-@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@
- int ping6_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
- int ping6_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
- {
-+	argv[-1] = argv[0];
- 	argv[0] = (char*)"-6";
- 	return ping_main(0 /* argc+1 - but it's unused anyway */,
- 			argv - 1);