diff --git a/admin/sudo/Makefile b/admin/sudo/Makefile
index 72960e3fd..8facbdd87 100644
--- a/admin/sudo/Makefile
+++ b/admin/sudo/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=sudo
-PKG_VERSION:=1.9.7p2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.9.8p1
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.sudo.ws/dist
-PKG_HASH:=28b5ee725dbf89a7852f42f309ca877d2810a9531b4eecfe59f3a84b6b4afca8
+PKG_HASH:=0939ee24df7095a92e0ca4aa3bd53b2a10965a7b921d51a26ab70cdd24388d69
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
 
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:todd_miller:sudo
 
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=sudo/host
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
 define Package/sudo
   SECTION:=admin
@@ -61,16 +59,6 @@ CONFIGURE_VARS += \
 	sudo_cv_uid_t_len=10 \
 	sudo_cv_func_unsetenv_void=no
 
-define Host/Compile
-	cd $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/lib/util; \
-	    $(MAKE) mksiglist; $(MAKE) mksigname
-endef
-
-define Host/Install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/bin
-	$(CP) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/lib/util/mksig{list,name} $(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/bin/
-endef
-
 define Package/sudo/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) \
 		$(1)/etc/{init.d,sudoers.d} \
@@ -95,5 +83,4 @@ define Package/sudo/postinst
 }
 endef
 
-$(eval $(call HostBuild))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,sudo))
diff --git a/admin/sudo/patches/010-cross-compile-fixes.patch b/admin/sudo/patches/010-cross-compile-fixes.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b0e83fd7a..000000000
--- a/admin/sudo/patches/010-cross-compile-fixes.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
---- a/lib/util/Makefile.in
-+++ b/lib/util/Makefile.in
-@@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ libsudo_util.la: $(LTOBJS) @LT_LDDEP@
- 	esac
- 
- siglist.c: mksiglist
--	./mksiglist > $@
-+	mksiglist > $@
- 
- signame.c: mksigname
--	./mksigname > $@
-+	mksigname > $@
- 
- mksiglist: $(srcdir)/mksiglist.c $(srcdir)/mksiglist.h $(incdir)/sudo_compat.h $(top_builddir)/config.h
- 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(srcdir)/mksiglist.c -o $@