diff --git a/package/base/hdparm/hdparm.desc b/package/base/hdparm/hdparm.desc
index 3e91be073..8028f57ae 100644
--- a/package/base/hdparm/hdparm.desc
+++ b/package/base/hdparm/hdparm.desc
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 
 [L] BSD
 [S] Stable
-[V] 7.3
+[V] 9.15
 [P] X --X--5---9 214.500
 
-[D] 4221540703 hdparm-7.3.tar.gz ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/hardware/
+[D] 673436363 hdparm-9.15.tar.gz ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/hardware/
 
diff --git a/package/base/hdparm/host-strip.patch b/package/base/hdparm/host-strip.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e8d31d69b..000000000
--- a/package/base/hdparm/host-strip.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- hdparm-7.3/Makefile	2007-04-27 23:45:15.000000000 +0200
-+++ src.hdparm.1223811624.23298.1535493208/hdparm-7.3/Makefile	2008-10-12 13:42:02.000000000 +0200
-@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
- 
- hdparm: hdparm.h $(OBJS)
- 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o hdparm $(OBJS)
--	strip hdparm
-+	$(STRIP) hdparm
-  
- install: all hdparm.8
- 	if [ ! -z $(DESTDIR) ]; then $(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR) ; fi