diff --git a/package/clifford/drbd7/drbd7.desc b/package/clifford/drbd7/drbd7.desc
index 97752e5a5..b6c2703bc 100644
--- a/package/clifford/drbd7/drbd7.desc
+++ b/package/clifford/drbd7/drbd7.desc
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 0.7.17
+[V] 0.7.24
 [P] X -----5---9 211.002
 
-[D] 2836427680 drbd-0.7.17.tar.gz http://oss.linbit.com/drbd/0.7/
+[D] 1686764679 drbd-0.7.24.tar.gz http://oss.linbit.com/drbd/0.7/
 
diff --git a/package/clifford/drbd7/no-depmod.patch b/package/clifford/drbd7/no-depmod.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dee1ed5d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/clifford/drbd7/no-depmod.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- ./drbd/Makefile.orig	2007-05-15 19:54:41.000000000 +0200
++++ ./drbd/Makefile	2007-05-15 19:55:36.000000000 +0200
+@@ -176,14 +176,14 @@
+ # install -d $(PREFIX)/var/lib/drbd
+ 	install -d $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/$(MODSUBDIR)
+ 	install -m 644 $(MODOBJ) $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/$(MODSUBDIR)
+-    ifeq ($(PREFIX),/)
+-      ifeq ($(shell uname -r),$(KERNELRELEASE))
+-	/sbin/depmod -a || /sbin/depmod -e $(MODOBJ) 2>&1 >/dev/null || true
+-      else
+-	[ -e $(LINUX)/System.map ] && \
+-	   /sbin/depmod -F $(LINUX)/System.map -e ./$(MODOBJ) 2>&1 >/dev/null || true
+-      endif
+-    endif
++#    ifeq ($(PREFIX),/)
++#      ifeq ($(shell uname -r),$(KERNELRELEASE))
++#	/sbin/depmod -a || /sbin/depmod -e $(MODOBJ) 2>&1 >/dev/null || true
++#      else
++#	[ -e $(LINUX)/System.map ] && \
++#	   /sbin/depmod -F $(LINUX)/System.map -e ./$(MODOBJ) 2>&1 >/dev/null || true
++#      endif
++#    endif
+   else
+     install:
+ 	@echo "No .drbd_kernelrelease found. Do you need to 'make' the module first?"
+@@ -191,6 +191,6 @@
+   endif
+ 
+   depmod:
+-	[ -e $(KDIR)/System.map ] && [ -e ./$(MODOBJ) ] && \
++#	[ -e $(KDIR)/System.map ] && [ -e ./$(MODOBJ) ] && \
+ 	   /sbin/depmod -F $(KDIR)/System.map -n -e ./$(MODOBJ) # 2>&1 >/dev/null
+ endif
diff --git a/package/clifford/drbd7/tail-hotfix.patch b/package/clifford/drbd7/tail-hotfix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index db73a601e..000000000
--- a/package/clifford/drbd7/tail-hotfix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# 
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
-# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
-# 
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/clifford/drbd7/tail-hotfix.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2006 Clifford Wolf
-# 
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# 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 ---
-
---- ./drbd/Makefile.orig	2005-08-24 10:45:39.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./drbd/Makefile	2005-08-24 10:44:40.000000000 +0200
-@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
- 	@mv .kernelrelease.new .kernelrelease
- 	@echo -n "Memorizing module configuration ... "
- 	@{ echo -e "#\n# drbd.o was compiled with"          ; \
--	  echo "#  `gcc -v 2>&1 | tail -1`"                 ; \
-+	  echo "#  `gcc -v 2>&1 | tail -n -1`"              ; \
- 	  echo "# against this kernelrelease:"              ; \
- 	  sed 's/^/#  /' .kernelrelease                     ; \
-           echo    "# kernel .config from"                   ; \