diff --git a/utils/collectd/Makefile b/utils/collectd/Makefile
index 4a5e74c3d..3bb19730c 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/collectd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=collectd
 PKG_VERSION:=5.5.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://collectd.org/files/
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ endif
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
 	--disable-debug \
 	--enable-daemon \
-	--enable-getifaddrs \
 	--with-nan-emulation \
 	--without-libgcrypt
 
diff --git a/utils/collectd/patches/110-net-device-stats.patch b/utils/collectd/patches/110-net-device-stats.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 91e73aa37..000000000
--- a/utils/collectd/patches/110-net-device-stats.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
----
- src/interface.c |   33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/src/interface.c
-+++ b/src/interface.c
-@@ -203,7 +203,38 @@ static int interface_read (void)
- #  define IFA_RX_ERROR rx_errors
- #  define IFA_TX_ERROR tx_errors
- #else
--#  error "No suitable type for `struct ifaddrs->ifa_data' found."
-+struct net_device_stats {
-+	unsigned long	rx_packets;
-+	unsigned long	tx_packets;
-+	unsigned long	rx_bytes;
-+	unsigned long	tx_bytes;
-+	unsigned long	rx_errors;
-+	unsigned long	tx_errors;
-+	unsigned long	rx_dropped;
-+	unsigned long	tx_dropped;
-+	unsigned long	multicast;
-+	unsigned long	collisions;
-+	unsigned long	rx_length_errors;
-+	unsigned long	rx_over_errors;
-+	unsigned long	rx_crc_errors;
-+	unsigned long	rx_frame_errors;
-+	unsigned long	rx_fifo_errors;
-+	unsigned long	rx_missed_errors;
-+	unsigned long	tx_aborted_errors;
-+	unsigned long	tx_carrier_errors;
-+	unsigned long	tx_fifo_errors;
-+	unsigned long	tx_heartbeat_errors;
-+	unsigned long	tx_window_errors;
-+	unsigned long	rx_compressed;
-+	unsigned long	tx_compressed;
-+};
-+#  define IFA_DATA net_device_stats
-+#  define IFA_RX_BYTES rx_bytes
-+#  define IFA_TX_BYTES tx_bytes
-+#  define IFA_RX_PACKT rx_packets
-+#  define IFA_TX_PACKT tx_packets
-+#  define IFA_RX_ERROR rx_errors
-+#  define IFA_TX_ERROR tx_errors
- #endif
- 
- 	struct IFA_DATA *if_data;
diff --git a/utils/collectd/patches/150-fix-interface-af-link b/utils/collectd/patches/150-fix-interface-af-link
deleted file mode 100644
index 806a6837b..000000000
--- a/utils/collectd/patches/150-fix-interface-af-link
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/interface.c
-+++ b/src/interface.c
-@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ struct net_device_stats {
- 
- 	for (if_ptr = if_list; if_ptr != NULL; if_ptr = if_ptr->ifa_next)
- 	{
--		if (if_ptr->ifa_addr != NULL && if_ptr->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_LINK) {
--			if_data = (struct IFA_DATA *) if_ptr->ifa_data;
-+		if ((if_data = (struct IFA_DATA *) if_ptr->ifa_data) == NULL)
-+			continue;
- 
- 			if_submit (if_ptr->ifa_name, "if_octets",
- 				if_data->IFA_RX_BYTES,
-@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ struct net_device_stats {
- 			if_submit (if_ptr->ifa_name, "if_errors",
- 				if_data->IFA_RX_ERROR,
- 				if_data->IFA_TX_ERROR);
--		}
- 	}
- 
- 	freeifaddrs (if_list);