diff --git a/utils/collectd/Makefile b/utils/collectd/Makefile
index e3c966d22..98479781d 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/collectd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=collectd
 PKG_VERSION:=5.9.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://collectd.org/files/ \
diff --git a/utils/collectd/patches/920-fix-ping-droprate.patch b/utils/collectd/patches/920-fix-ping-droprate.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b1e9a0d4..000000000
--- a/utils/collectd/patches/920-fix-ping-droprate.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/ping.c
-+++ b/src/ping.c
-@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static int ping_read(void) /* {{{ */
-                             ((double)(pkg_recv * (pkg_recv - 1))));
- 
-     /* Calculate drop rate. */
--    droprate = ((double)(pkg_sent - pkg_recv)) / ((double)pkg_sent);
-+    droprate = ((double)(pkg_sent - pkg_recv)) * 100 / ((double)pkg_sent);
- 
-     submit(hl->host, "ping", latency_average);
-     submit(hl->host, "ping_stddev", latency_stddev);