diff --git a/package/zlib/Makefile b/package/zlib/Makefile
index ecbfcd08478..ffa98813be6 100644
--- a/package/zlib/Makefile
+++ b/package/zlib/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # 
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2012 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=zlib
-PKG_VERSION:=1.2.5
+PKG_VERSION:=1.2.7
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.zlib.net @SF/libpng
-PKG_MD5SUM:=be1e89810e66150f5b0327984d8625a0
+PKG_MD5SUM:=2ab442d169156f34c379c968f3f482dd
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
diff --git a/package/zlib/patches/100-cross_compile.patch b/package/zlib/patches/100-cross_compile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 143522be1e8..00000000000
--- a/package/zlib/patches/100-cross_compile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ SHAREDLIBV=libz.so.1.2.5
- SHAREDLIBM=libz.so.1
- LIBS=$(STATICLIB) $(SHAREDLIBV)
- 
--AR=ar rc
-+AR=ar
- RANLIB=ranlib
- LDCONFIG=ldconfig
- LDSHAREDLIBC=-lc
-@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ TAR=tar
- SHELL=/bin/sh
- EXE=
- 
-+DESTDIR = 
-+
- prefix = /usr/local
- exec_prefix = ${prefix}
- libdir = ${exec_prefix}/lib
-@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ test64: all64
- 	-@rm -f foo.gz
- 
- libz.a: $(OBJS)
--	$(AR) $@ $(OBJS)
-+	$(AR) rc $@ $(OBJS)
- 	-@ ($(RANLIB) $@ || true) >/dev/null 2>&1
- 
- match.o: match.S
diff --git a/package/zlib/patches/110-largefile_fix.patch b/package/zlib/patches/110-largefile_fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d4d1185cba7..00000000000
--- a/package/zlib/patches/110-largefile_fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
---- a/zlib.h
-+++ b/zlib.h
-@@ -1563,12 +1563,7 @@ ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT inflateBackInit_ OF(
-  * without large file support, _LFS64_LARGEFILE must also be true
-  */
- #if defined(_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE) && _LFS64_LARGEFILE-0
--   ZEXTERN gzFile ZEXPORT gzopen64 OF((const char *, const char *));
--   ZEXTERN z_off64_t ZEXPORT gzseek64 OF((gzFile, z_off64_t, int));
--   ZEXTERN z_off64_t ZEXPORT gztell64 OF((gzFile));
--   ZEXTERN z_off64_t ZEXPORT gzoffset64 OF((gzFile));
--   ZEXTERN uLong ZEXPORT adler32_combine64 OF((uLong, uLong, z_off64_t));
--   ZEXTERN uLong ZEXPORT crc32_combine64 OF((uLong, uLong, z_off64_t));
-+  #define __zlib_largefile64
- #endif
- 
- #if !defined(ZLIB_INTERNAL) && _FILE_OFFSET_BITS-0 == 64 && _LFS64_LARGEFILE-0
-@@ -1578,13 +1573,8 @@ ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT inflateBackInit_ OF(
- #  define gzoffset gzoffset64
- #  define adler32_combine adler32_combine64
- #  define crc32_combine crc32_combine64
--#  ifdef _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
--     ZEXTERN gzFile ZEXPORT gzopen64 OF((const char *, const char *));
--     ZEXTERN z_off_t ZEXPORT gzseek64 OF((gzFile, z_off_t, int));
--     ZEXTERN z_off_t ZEXPORT gztell64 OF((gzFile));
--     ZEXTERN z_off_t ZEXPORT gzoffset64 OF((gzFile));
--     ZEXTERN uLong ZEXPORT adler32_combine64 OF((uLong, uLong, z_off_t));
--     ZEXTERN uLong ZEXPORT crc32_combine64 OF((uLong, uLong, z_off_t));
-+#  ifndef __zlib_largefile64
-+#    define __zlib_largefile64
- #  endif
- #else
-    ZEXTERN gzFile ZEXPORT gzopen OF((const char *, const char *));
-@@ -1595,6 +1585,15 @@ ZEXTERN int ZEXPORT inflateBackInit_ OF(
-    ZEXTERN uLong ZEXPORT crc32_combine OF((uLong, uLong, z_off_t));
- #endif
- 
-+#ifdef __zlib_largefile64
-+   ZEXTERN gzFile ZEXPORT gzopen64 OF((const char *, const char *));
-+   ZEXTERN z_off64_t ZEXPORT gzseek64 OF((gzFile, z_off64_t, int));
-+   ZEXTERN z_off64_t ZEXPORT gztell64 OF((gzFile));
-+   ZEXTERN z_off64_t ZEXPORT gzoffset64 OF((gzFile));
-+   ZEXTERN uLong ZEXPORT adler32_combine64 OF((uLong, uLong, z_off64_t));
-+   ZEXTERN uLong ZEXPORT crc32_combine64 OF((uLong, uLong, z_off64_t));
-+#endif
-+
- /* hack for buggy compilers */
- #if !defined(ZUTIL_H) && !defined(NO_DUMMY_DECL)
-     struct internal_state {int dummy;};