diff --git a/net/dnsdist/Makefile b/net/dnsdist/Makefile
index 7310c6227..62ca755a0 100644
--- a/net/dnsdist/Makefile
+++ b/net/dnsdist/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsdist
-PKG_VERSION:=1.4.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=5
+PKG_VERSION:=1.5.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/
-PKG_HASH:=a336fa2c3eb381c2464d9d9790014fd6d4505029ed2c1b73ee1dc9115a2f1dc0
+PKG_HASH:=cae759729a87703f4d09b0ed4227cb224aaaa252fa92f2432fd7116f560afbf1
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=James Taylor <james@jtaylor.id.au>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only
diff --git a/net/dnsdist/patches/010-libcxx.patch b/net/dnsdist/patches/010-libcxx.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c283b34ab..000000000
--- a/net/dnsdist/patches/010-libcxx.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-From 405bdec807a7b530173ebf018843c4552dfa20c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 11:33:55 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] use std::string_view when available
-
-There's a standard C++ macro to check for its existence.
-
-libstdc++ from GCC makes it available under C++17 and up. libcxx from
-LLVM makes it available everywhere.
-
-Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
----
- ext/lmdb-safe/lmdb-safe.hh | 7 +++----
- pdns/dnsdistdist/views.hh  | 7 +++----
- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/ext/lmdb-safe/lmdb-safe.hh b/ext/lmdb-safe/lmdb-safe.hh
-index 056a6cd823..16d150fa7d 100644
---- a/ext/lmdb-safe/lmdb-safe.hh
-+++ b/ext/lmdb-safe/lmdb-safe.hh
-@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
- #include <string.h>
- #include <mutex>
- 
--// apple compiler somehow has string_view even in c++11!
--#if __cplusplus < 201703L && !defined(__APPLE__)
-+#ifdef __cpp_lib_string_view
-+using std::string_view;
-+#else
- #include <boost/version.hpp>
- #if BOOST_VERSION >= 106100
- #include <boost/utility/string_view.hpp>
-@@ -20,8 +21,6 @@ using boost::string_view;
- #include <boost/utility/string_ref.hpp>
- using string_view = boost::string_ref;
- #endif
--#else // C++17
--using std::string_view;
- #endif
- 
- 
diff --git a/net/dnsdist/patches/020-std.patch b/net/dnsdist/patches/020-std.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a39d73d13..000000000
--- a/net/dnsdist/patches/020-std.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 6910a23b67f64bd71ffb26c1888fb9d8b99acfa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Peter van Dijk <peter.van.dijk@powerdns.com>
-Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 19:10:00 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] auth lmdb: avoid blanket std import; fixes #8872
-
----
- ext/lmdb-safe/lmdb-safe.cc | 5 ++++-
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/ext/lmdb-safe/lmdb-safe.cc b/ext/lmdb-safe/lmdb-safe.cc
-index f4874261f6..c29d291473 100644
---- a/ext/lmdb-safe/lmdb-safe.cc
-+++ b/ext/lmdb-safe/lmdb-safe.cc
-@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
- #include <string.h>
- #include <map>
- 
--using namespace std;
-+using std::string;
-+using std::runtime_error;
-+using std::tuple;
-+using std::weak_ptr;
- 
- static string MDBError(int rc)
- {