diff --git a/libs/fftw3/Makefile b/libs/fftw3/Makefile
index 492b1165a..a05e2d278 100644
--- a/libs/fftw3/Makefile
+++ b/libs/fftw3/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2017 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2018 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=fftw3
-PKG_VERSION:=3.3.7
+PKG_VERSION:=3.3.8
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0+
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=fftw-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.fftw.org
-PKG_HASH:=3b609b7feba5230e8f6dd8d245ddbefac324c5a6ae4186947670d9ac2cd25573
+PKG_HASH:=6113262f6e92c5bd474f2875fa1b01054c4ad5040f6b0da7c03c98821d9ae303
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/fftw-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ endef
 
 define Package/fftw3l
   $(call Package/fftw3)
-  DEPENDS:=@BROKEN
   VARIANT:=long-double
   TITLE+= (long-double precision)
 endef
diff --git a/libs/fftw3/patches/001-makefile.patch b/libs/fftw3/patches/001-makefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f56fa6a2..000000000
--- a/libs/fftw3/patches/001-makefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
- CTAGS = ctags
- CSCOPE = cscope
- DIST_SUBDIRS = support genfft kernel simd-support dft rdft reodft api \
--	libbench2 . threads tests mpi doc tools m4
-+	libbench2 . threads mpi doc tools m4
- am__DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/config.h.in \
- 	$(srcdir)/fftw.pc.in AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS \
- 	README TODO compile config.guess config.sub install-sh \
-@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
- # tools are available, such as fig2dev in maintainer mode)
- @BUILD_DOC_TRUE@DOCDIR = doc
- SUBDIRS = support $(GENFFT) kernel simd-support dft rdft reodft api	\
--libbench2 $(CHICKEN_EGG) tests mpi $(DOCDIR) tools m4
-+libbench2 $(CHICKEN_EGG) mpi m4
- 
- EXTRA_DIST = COPYRIGHT bootstrap.sh CONVENTIONS fftw.pc.in
- SIMD_LIBS = \