diff --git a/libs/gnutls/Makefile b/libs/gnutls/Makefile
index 818d4663d..69cac8de7 100644
--- a/libs/gnutls/Makefile
+++ b/libs/gnutls/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gnutls
-PKG_VERSION:=3.5.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=3.5.6
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://ftp.gnutls.org/gcrypt/gnutls/v3.5
-PKG_MD5SUM:=c17e20d0f6b040580df57f5f94e3610f
+PKG_MD5SUM:=7a38b23757aae009c3eb5bb12fb0afda
 #PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf gettext-version
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPLv2.1+
diff --git a/libs/gnutls/patches/001-no-c99.patch b/libs/gnutls/patches/001-no-c99.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 61dec1d6f..000000000
--- a/libs/gnutls/patches/001-no-c99.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/x509/ip-in-cidr.h b/lib/x509/ip-in-cidr.h
-index 778502a..7613de9 100644
---- a/lib/x509/ip-in-cidr.h
-+++ b/lib/x509/ip-in-cidr.h
-@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ static unsigned ip_in_cidr(const gnutls_datum_t *ip, const gnutls_datum_t *cidr)
- {
- 	char str_ip[48];
- 	char str_cidr[97];
-+	unsigned byte;
-+
- 	_gnutls_hard_log("matching %.*s with CIDR constraint %.*s\n",
- 					 (int) sizeof(str_ip),
- 					 _gnutls_ip_to_string(ip->data, ip->size, str_ip, sizeof(str_ip)),
-@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ static unsigned ip_in_cidr(const gnutls_datum_t *ip, const gnutls_datum_t *cidr)
- 					 _gnutls_cidr_to_string(cidr->data, cidr->size, str_cidr, sizeof(str_cidr)));
- 
- 	unsigned ipsize = ip->size;
--	for (unsigned byte = 0; byte < ipsize; byte++)
-+	for (byte = 0; byte < ipsize; byte++)
- 		if (((ip->data[byte] ^ cidr->data[byte]) & cidr->data[ipsize+byte]) != 0)
- 			return 0;
- 
-diff --git a/lib/x509/ip.c b/lib/x509/ip.c
-index 9316933..b4b31a4 100644
---- a/lib/x509/ip.c
-+++ b/lib/x509/ip.c
-@@ -175,10 +175,13 @@ static void prefix_to_mask(unsigned prefix, unsigned char *mask, size_t mask_siz
-  *
-  * Returns: On success, %GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.
-  -*/
--int _gnutls_mask_ip(unsigned char *ip, const unsigned char *mask, unsigned ipsize) {
-+int _gnutls_mask_ip(unsigned char *ip, const unsigned char *mask, unsigned ipsize)
-+{
-+	unsigned i;
-+
- 	if (ipsize != 4 && ipsize != 16)
- 		return GNUTLS_E_MALFORMED_CIDR;
--	for (unsigned i = 0;i  < ipsize; i++)
-+	for (i = 0; i < ipsize; i++)
- 		ip[i] &= mask[i];
- 	return GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS;
- }
-diff --git a/lib/x509/name_constraints.c b/lib/x509/name_constraints.c
-index 98c0f02..196e6d9 100644
---- a/lib/x509/name_constraints.c
-+++ b/lib/x509/name_constraints.c
-@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ name_constraints_intersect_nodes(name_constraints_node_st * nc1,
- 	*_intersection = NULL;
- 	name_constraints_node_st *to_copy = NULL;
- 	unsigned iplength = 0;
-+	unsigned byte;
- 
- 	if (nc1->type != nc2->type) {
- 		return GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS;
-@@ -796,7 +797,7 @@ name_constraints_intersect_nodes(name_constraints_node_st * nc1,
- 		if (nc1->name.size != nc2->name.size)
- 			return GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS;
- 		iplength = nc1->name.size/2;
--		for (unsigned byte = 0; byte < iplength; byte++) {
-+		for (byte = 0; byte < iplength; byte++) {
- 			if (((nc1->name.data[byte]^nc2->name.data[byte]) // XOR of addresses
- 				 & nc1->name.data[byte+iplength]  // AND mask from nc1
- 				 & nc2->name.data[byte+iplength]) // AND mask from nc2
-@@ -813,6 +814,8 @@ name_constraints_intersect_nodes(name_constraints_node_st * nc1,
- 	}
- 	// copy existing node if applicable
- 	if (to_copy != NULL) {
-+		unsigned byte;
-+
- 		*_intersection = name_constraints_node_new(to_copy->type, to_copy->name.data, to_copy->name.size);
- 		if (*_intersection == NULL)
- 			return gnutls_assert_val(GNUTLS_E_MEMORY_ERROR);
-@@ -822,7 +825,7 @@ name_constraints_intersect_nodes(name_constraints_node_st * nc1,
- 			_gnutls_mask_ip(intersection->name.data, intersection->name.data+iplength, iplength);
- 			_gnutls_mask_ip(nc1->name.data, nc1->name.data+iplength, iplength);
- 			// update intersection, if necessary (we already know one is subset of other)
--			for (unsigned byte = 0; byte < 2 * iplength; byte++) {
-+			for (byte = 0; byte < 2 * iplength; byte++) {
- 				intersection->name.data[byte] |= nc1->name.data[byte];
- 			}
- 		}