diff --git a/package/base/tar/fix_getdate_c.patch b/package/base/tar/fix_getdate_c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ccd970c3..000000000
--- a/package/base/tar/fix_getdate_c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
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-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/base/tar/fix_getdate_c.patch
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---- ./lib/getdate.c.orig	2004-06-24 13:40:15.672819408 +0200
-+++ ./lib/getdate.c	2004-06-24 13:43:11.842037616 +0200
-@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
- #endif
- 
- #include <alloca.h>
-+#include <stdio.h>
- 
- /* Since the code of getdate.y is not included in the Emacs executable
-    itself, there is no need to #define static in this file.  Even if
diff --git a/package/base/tar/tar.desc b/package/base/tar/tar.desc
index 17693010c..a960f1c80 100644
--- a/package/base/tar/tar.desc
+++ b/package/base/tar/tar.desc
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.15.1
+[V] 1.16.1
 [P] X X1---5---9 106.400
 
-[D] 2115219120 tar-1.15.1.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
+[D] 285728411 tar-1.16.1.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/