diff --git a/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile b/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile
index 092025ec9..6df0adc28 100644
--- a/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/open-plc-utils/Makefile
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=open-plc-utils
-PKG_VERSION:=2017-12-03
+PKG_VERSION:=2018-11-03
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/qca/open-plc-utils.git
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=18b7e2a9a17f043fe8ac8b457680aafb1c249c55
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=32408520fcebe785983a68e39ec83830a3005779
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=8ccbee8a6eb9a9be97bab74e02033cdb57456ae5f78fd3b19a3661352b89e259
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=1c5a2bb75550f1d7069f857c30f1f45ccfd3b0b0e9abadbca10f4df582f51d1c
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
 
diff --git a/utils/open-plc-utils/patches/100-remove-build-timestamp.patch b/utils/open-plc-utils/patches/100-remove-build-timestamp.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 57d5eeeaa..000000000
--- a/utils/open-plc-utils/patches/100-remove-build-timestamp.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-Index: open-plc-utils-2017-01-15/docbook/version.h.html
-===================================================================
---- open-plc-utils-2017-01-15.orig/docbook/version.h.html	2017-01-13 19:44:27.000000000 +0100
-+++ open-plc-utils-2017-01-15/docbook/version.h.html	2017-12-03 03:46:31.119387280 +0100
-@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
- #define PROJECT &quot;open-plc-utils&quot;
- #define VERSION &quot;0.0.6&quot;
- #define RELEASE &quot;OSRQCA-929&quot;
--#define COMPILE __TIME__ &quot; &quot; __DATE__
- #define CONTACT &quot;cmaier@qca.qualcomm.com&quot;
- #define LICENSE &quot;Clear BSD&quot;
- 
-Index: open-plc-utils-2017-01-15/tools/version.c
-===================================================================
---- open-plc-utils-2017-01-15.orig/tools/version.c	2017-01-13 19:44:27.000000000 +0100
-+++ open-plc-utils-2017-01-15/tools/version.c	2017-12-03 03:45:57.358690651 +0100
-@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
- 	printf (RELEASE " ");
- 	printf ("ISO C ");
--	printf (COMPANY " ");
-+	printf (COMPANY "\n");
--	printf (COMPILE "\n");
- 	return;
- }
- 
-Index: open-plc-utils-2017-01-15/tools/version.h
-===================================================================
---- open-plc-utils-2017-01-15.orig/tools/version.h	2017-01-13 19:44:27.000000000 +0100
-+++ open-plc-utils-2017-01-15/tools/version.h	2017-12-03 03:46:08.902929217 +0100
-@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
- #define PROJECT "open-plc-utils"
- #define VERSION "0.0.6"
- #define RELEASE "OSRQCA-929"
--#define COMPILE __TIME__ " " __DATE__
- #define CONTACT "https://github.com/qca/open-plc-utils"
- #define LICENSE "Clear BSD"
-