diff --git a/openwrt/package/hostapd/Makefile b/openwrt/package/hostapd/Makefile
index 7ac6770fc8b..e7b42dc4a3b 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/hostapd/Makefile
+++ b/openwrt/package/hostapd/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=hostapd
-PKG_VERSION:=0.4.7
+PKG_VERSION:=0.5.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
-PKG_MD5SUM:=b299211691fe8a6840e7adafda351d2b
+PKG_MD5SUM:=3e38533604187e291f45a2f6873b71cc
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://hostap.epitest.fi/releases/
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
diff --git a/openwrt/package/hostapd/patches/100-wpa_fix.patch b/openwrt/package/hostapd/patches/100-wpa_fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 502167cbd38..00000000000
--- a/openwrt/package/hostapd/patches/100-wpa_fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
---- hostapd-0.4.7/driver_madwifi.c	2006-01-30 10:00:44.199096000 -0800
-+++ hostapd-0.4.7-new/driver_madwifi.c	2006-01-30 10:05:55.925511000 -0800
-@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@
- 	struct hostapd_data *hapd = drv->hapd;
- 	struct ieee80211req_wpaie ie;
- 	int ielen, res;
-+        int rsn = 0;
- 
- 	/*
- 	 * Fetch negotiated WPA/RSN parameters from the system.
-@@ -702,26 +703,37 @@
- 		printf("Failed to get WPA/RSN information element.\n");
- 		return -1;		/* XXX not right */
- 	}
--	ielen = ie.wpa_ie[1];
--	if (ielen == 0) {
-+        if ((ie.wpa_ie[1] == 0) && (ie.rsn_ie[1] == 0)){
- 		printf("No WPA/RSN information element for station!?\n");
- 		return -1;		/* XXX not right */
- 	}
-+        ielen = ie.rsn_ie[1]; 
- 	ielen += 2;
--	res = wpa_validate_wpa_ie(hapd, sta, ie.wpa_ie, ielen,
--			ie.wpa_ie[0] == WLAN_EID_RSN ?
--			    HOSTAPD_WPA_VERSION_WPA2 : HOSTAPD_WPA_VERSION_WPA);
--	if (res != WPA_IE_OK) {
--		printf("WPA/RSN information element rejected? (res %u)\n", res);
--		return -1;
--	}
-+	res = wpa_validate_wpa_ie(hapd, sta, ie.rsn_ie, ielen, 
-+                                  HOSTAPD_WPA_VERSION_WPA2);
-+        if (res != WPA_IE_OK){
-+          // now look for WPA IE
-+          ielen = ie.wpa_ie[1];
-+          ielen += 2;
-+          res = wpa_validate_wpa_ie(hapd, sta, ie.wpa_ie, ielen, 
-+                                    HOSTAPD_WPA_VERSION_WPA);
-+          if (res != WPA_IE_OK) {
-+            printf("WPA/RSN information element rejected? (res %u)\n", res);
-+            return -1;
-+          }
-+        } else {
-+          rsn = 1;
-+        }
- 	free(sta->wpa_ie);
- 	sta->wpa_ie = malloc(ielen);
- 	if (sta->wpa_ie == NULL) {
- 		printf("No memory to save WPA/RSN information element!\n");
- 		return -1;
- 	}
--	memcpy(sta->wpa_ie, ie.wpa_ie, ielen);
-+        if (rsn)
-+          memcpy(sta->wpa_ie, ie.rsn_ie, ielen);
-+        else
-+          memcpy(sta->wpa_ie, ie.wpa_ie, ielen);
- 	sta->wpa_ie_len = ielen;
- 	return 0;
- }