diff --git a/package/network/utils/iproute2/Makefile b/package/network/utils/iproute2/Makefile
index cd453b4c98..6058b5e8d9 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/iproute2/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/utils/iproute2/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=iproute2
-PKG_VERSION:=5.16.0
+PKG_VERSION:=5.17.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/linux/utils/net/iproute2
-PKG_HASH:=c064b66f6b001c2a35aa5224b5b1ac8aa4bee104d7dce30d6f10a84cb8b01e2f
+PKG_HASH:=6e384f1b42c75e1a9daac57866da37dcff909090ba86eb25a6e764da7893660e
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=iptables
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
diff --git a/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/0001-lib-fix-ax25.h-include-for-musl.patch b/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/0001-lib-fix-ax25.h-include-for-musl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fa6a6c9f25..0000000000
--- a/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/0001-lib-fix-ax25.h-include-for-musl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-From 8bced38a941a181f1468fa39541e872e51b6022f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:14:13 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH 1/1] lib: fix ax25.h include for musl
-
-ax25.h isn't guaranteed to be avilable in netax25/*;
-it's dependent on our choice of libc (it's not available
-on musl at least) [0].
-
-Let's use the version from linux-headers.
-
-[0] https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Synchronizing_Headers
-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/831102
-
-Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
-Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
----
- lib/ax25_ntop.c | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/lib/ax25_ntop.c
-+++ b/lib/ax25_ntop.c
-@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
- 
- #include <errno.h>
- #include <sys/socket.h>
--#include <netax25/ax25.h>
-+#include <linux/ax25.h>
- 
- #include "utils.h"
-