diff --git a/srcpkgs/iproute2/patches/iptables-1.4.11.patch b/srcpkgs/iproute2/patches/iptables-1.4.11.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d8a79190ec..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/iproute2/patches/iptables-1.4.11.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/tc/m_xt.c b/tc/m_xt.c
-index ede9913..268938b 100644
---- a/tc/m_xt.c
-+++ b/tc/m_xt.c
-@@ -162,7 +162,11 @@ static int parse_ipt(struct action_util *a,int *argc_p,
- 					return -1;
- 				}
- 				tcipt_globals.opts =
--				    xtables_merge_options(tcipt_globals.opts,
-+				    xtables_merge_options(
-+#if XTABLES_VERSION_CODE > 5
-+				                          tcipt_globals.orig_opts,
-+#endif
-+				                          tcipt_globals.opts,
- 				                          m->extra_opts,
- 				                          &m->option_offset);
- 			} else {
-@@ -307,7 +311,11 @@ print_ipt(struct action_util *au,FILE * f, struct rtattr *arg)
- 			}
- 
- 			tcipt_globals.opts =
--			    xtables_merge_options(tcipt_globals.opts,
-+			    xtables_merge_options(
-+#if XTABLES_VERSION_CODE > 5
-+			                          tcipt_globals.orig_opts,
-+#endif
-+			                          tcipt_globals.opts,
- 			                          m->extra_opts,
- 			                          &m->option_offset);
- 		} else {
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/iproute2/template b/srcpkgs/iproute2/template
index db1d6aed07d..92d518685f0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/iproute2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/iproute2/template
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'iproute2'
 pkgname=iproute2
-version=2.6.39
+version=3.1.0
 patch_args="-Np1"
-#distfiles="http://devresources.linux-foundation.org/dev/iproute2/download/iproute2-$version.tar.gz"
-distfiles="http://sources.buildroot.net/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-revision=1
+distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/utils/net/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 short_desc="IP Routing Utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Iproute2"
 license="GPL-2"
-checksum=939df14f3eef81f22719e4db59e3b16b89c644d2d85ce7453c069baecf21bdbf
+checksum=03415855045b19606d1c7374367de3837c4045c468965450888b7ccce07c8409
 long_desc="
  Iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking
  and traffic control in Linux."