diff --git a/utils/gpsd/Makefile b/utils/gpsd/Makefile
index e1b18685e..60e40f058 100644
--- a/utils/gpsd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/gpsd/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gpsd
-PKG_VERSION:=3.21
+PKG_VERSION:=3.23
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SAVANNAH/$(PKG_NAME)
-PKG_HASH:=5512a7d3c2e86be83c5555652e5b4cc9049e8878a4320be7f039eb1a7203e5f0
+PKG_HASH:=e36429b9f6fc42004894dff3dc4453f5b43f95af8533b96d3d135987418da9df
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Pushpal Sidhu <psidhu.devel@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ define Package/libgps
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
   TITLE:=C service library for communicating with the GPS daemon
+  ABI_VERSION:=29
 endef
 
 define Package/libgps/description
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/libgps/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libgps.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libgps.so.$(ABI_VERSION)* $(1)/usr/lib/
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,gpsd))
diff --git a/utils/gpsd/patches/0001-no-distutils-import.patch b/utils/gpsd/patches/0001-no-distutils-import.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 61b3d6ea3..000000000
--- a/utils/gpsd/patches/0001-no-distutils-import.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
---- a/SConstruct
-+++ b/SConstruct
-@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import re
- import subprocess
- import sys
- import time
--from distutils import sysconfig
- import SCons
- 
- 
-@@ -303,7 +302,7 @@ EnsureSConsVersion(2, 3, 0)
- EnsurePythonVersion(2, 6)
- 
- 
--PYTHON_SYSCONFIG_IMPORT = 'from distutils import sysconfig'
-+PYTHON_SYSCONFIG_IMPORT = ''
- 
- # Utility productions
- 
diff --git a/utils/gpsd/patches/0002-ncurses6_detection.patch b/utils/gpsd/patches/0002-ncurses6_detection.patch
index da8c81776..13ad85c9d 100644
--- a/utils/gpsd/patches/0002-ncurses6_detection.patch
+++ b/utils/gpsd/patches/0002-ncurses6_detection.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
---- a/SConstruct
-+++ b/SConstruct
-@@ -1068,6 +1068,10 @@ else:
+--- a/SConscript
++++ b/SConscript
+@@ -1027,6 +1027,8 @@ if not cleaning and not helping:
                  ncurseslibs += pkg_config('tinfo', rpath_hack=True)
          # It's not yet known whether rpath_hack is appropriate for
          # ncurses5-config.
-+        elif WhereIs('ncurses6-config'):
-+            ncurseslibs = ['!ncurses6-config --libs --cflags']
 +        elif WhereIs('ncursesw6-config'):
 +            ncurseslibs = ['!ncursesw6-config --libs --cflags']
          elif WhereIs('ncurses5-config'):