diff --git a/net/openssh/Makefile b/net/openssh/Makefile
index 47f2b6059..60f97f336 100644
--- a/net/openssh/Makefile
+++ b/net/openssh/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=openssh
-PKG_VERSION:=7.7p1
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=7.8p1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/ \
 		https://ftp.spline.de/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/ \
 		https://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/
-PKG_HASH:=d73be7e684e99efcd024be15a30bffcbe41b012b2f7b3c9084aed621775e6b8f
+PKG_HASH:=1a484bb15152c183bb2514e112aa30dd34138c3cfb032eee5490a66c507144ca
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD ISC
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENCE
diff --git a/net/openssh/patches/100-dscp-qos.patch b/net/openssh/patches/100-dscp-qos.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index adbb7e368..000000000
--- a/net/openssh/patches/100-dscp-qos.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
---- a/ssh_config
-+++ b/ssh_config
-@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@
- #   VisualHostKey no
- #   ProxyCommand ssh -q -W %h:%p gateway.example.com
- #   RekeyLimit 1G 1h
-+
-+# enable DSCP QoS values (per RFC-4594)
-+#IPQoS AF21 AF11
---- a/sshd_config
-+++ b/sshd_config
-@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ AuthorizedKeysFile	.ssh/authorized_keys
- # no default banner path
- #Banner none
- 
-+# enable DSCP QoS values (per RFC-4594)
-+#IPQoS AF21 AF11
-+
- # override default of no subsystems
- Subsystem	sftp	/usr/libexec/sftp-server
-