diff --git a/utils/collectd/Makefile b/utils/collectd/Makefile
index 11f467dc5..4b4e216f9 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/collectd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=collectd
 PKG_VERSION:=5.12.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=15
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://collectd.org/files/ \
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ $(call Package/collectd/Default)
   DEPENDS:= +libpthread \
 	  +zlib \
 	  +libltdl \
-	  +libip4tc \
 	  +jshn \
 	  +PACKAGE_collectd-mod-lua:liblua
   MENU:=1