diff --git a/package/base/file/file.desc b/package/base/file/file.desc
index e0fd76fa2..87c05ab30 100644
--- a/package/base/file/file.desc
+++ b/package/base/file/file.desc
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 
 [L] BSD
 [S] Stable
-[V] 4.17
+[V] 4.21
 [P] X -?-3-5---9 103.300
 
-[D] 3668382963 file-4.17.tar.gz ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/
+[D] 0 file-4.21.tar.gz ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/
 
diff --git a/package/base/file/init-mem.patch b/package/base/file/init-mem.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index de0d5c1b3..000000000
--- a/package/base/file/init-mem.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-
-Taken from file-4.17-2.fc5.src.rpm (file-4.17-init-mem.patch).
-
---- file-4.17/src/apprentice.c
-+++ file-4.17/src/apprentice.c
-@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ apprentice_file(struct magic_set *ms, st
- 		return -1;
- 	}
- 
--        maxmagic = MAXMAGIS;
--	if ((marray = malloc(maxmagic * sizeof(*marray))) == NULL) {
-+	maxmagic = MAXMAGIS;
-+	if ((marray = calloc(maxmagic, sizeof(*marray))) == NULL) {
- 		(void)fclose(f);
- 		file_oomem(ms);
- 		return -1;
-@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ parse(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic
- 	char *t;
- 	private const char *fops = FILE_OPS;
- 	uint32_t val;
--	uint32_t cont_level, cont_count;
-+	uint32_t cont_level;
- 
- 	cont_level = 0;
-