diff --git a/package/ebtables/Makefile b/package/ebtables/Makefile
index 9f61c8713e3..7914e128ee5 100644
--- a/package/ebtables/Makefile
+++ b/package/ebtables/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# 
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2008 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=ebtables
-PKG_VERSION:=2.0.8-rc2
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.0.8-2
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-v$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/ebtables
-PKG_MD5SUM:=f07111fcc1966be669278433c35dcc28
+PKG_MD5SUM:=66bcbcb2dcf3b981ad4e86e1720e796e
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/ebtables-v$(PKG_VERSION)
 
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ define Package/ebtables
   URL:=http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/
 endef
 
+define Package/ebtables/description
+	The ebtables program is a filtering tool for a bridging firewall. The
+	filtering is focussed on the Link Layer Ethernet frame fields. Apart
+	from filtering, it also gives the ability to alter the Ethernet MAC
+	addresses and implement a brouter.
+endef
+
 MAKE_FLAGS += \
 	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)"
 
diff --git a/package/ebtables/patches/100-autoconf_h.patch b/package/ebtables/patches/100-autoconf_h.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9235993da3c..00000000000
--- a/package/ebtables/patches/100-autoconf_h.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: ebtables-v2.0.8-rc2/include/linux/netfilter_bridge.h
-===================================================================
---- ebtables-v2.0.8-rc2.orig/include/linux/netfilter_bridge.h	2007-06-04 13:22:27.306704032 +0200
-+++ ebtables-v2.0.8-rc2/include/linux/netfilter_bridge.h	2007-06-04 13:22:27.372694000 +0200
-@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
- /* bridge-specific defines for netfilter. 
-  */
- 
--#include <linux/config.h>
-+#include <linux/autoconf.h>
- #include <linux/netfilter.h>
- #if defined(__KERNEL__) && defined(CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER)
- #include <asm/atomic.h>