diff --git a/package/base/tcpdump/gcc34.patch b/package/base/tcpdump/gcc34.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f0105847c..000000000
--- a/package/base/tcpdump/gcc34.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# 
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-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
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-# 
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/base/tcpdump/gcc34.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2005 Clifford Wolf
-# 
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
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-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# 
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-diff -ruN tcpdump-3.8.3/configure tcpdump-3.8.3-new/configure
---- tcpdump-3.8.3/configure	2004-03-28 23:06:09.000000000 +0200
-+++ tcpdump-3.8.3-new/configure	2004-05-15 23:20:01.829813808 +0200
-@@ -8879,6 +8879,9 @@
- int
- main ()
- {
-+  return_pcap_debug();
-+  return 0;
-+}
- 
- int
- return_pcap_debug(void)
-@@ -8887,10 +8890,8 @@
- 
- 	return pcap_debug;
- }
-+;
- 
--  ;
--  return 0;
--}
- _ACEOF
- rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
- if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
-@@ -8938,18 +8939,19 @@
- int
- main ()
- {
-+  return_yydebug();
-+  return 0;
-+}
- 
--	int
--	return_yydebug(void)
--	{
--		extern int yydebug;
--
--		return yydebug;
--	}
-+int
-+return_yydebug(void)
-+{
-+	extern int yydebug;
- 
--  ;
--  return 0;
-+	return yydebug;
- }
-+;
-+
- _ACEOF
- rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
- if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
diff --git a/package/base/tcpdump/tcpdump.desc b/package/base/tcpdump/tcpdump.desc
index 15643ecab..5a49c1765 100644
--- a/package/base/tcpdump/tcpdump.desc
+++ b/package/base/tcpdump/tcpdump.desc
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 
 [L] OpenSource
 [S] Stable
-[V] 3.8.3
+[V] 3.9.4
 [P] X -?---5---9 115.400
 
-[D] 2943042777 tcpdump-3.8.3.tar.gz http://www.tcpdump.org/release/
+[D] 3844592216 tcpdump-3.9.4.tar.gz http://www.tcpdump.org/release/