diff --git a/package/base/iptables/hotfixes.patch b/package/base/iptables/hotfixes.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c27a95995..000000000
--- a/package/base/iptables/hotfixes.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
---- ./include/ip6tables.h.orig	2008-05-05 12:09:24.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./include/ip6tables.h	2008-05-05 12:21:22.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
- #ifndef _IP6TABLES_USER_H
- #define _IP6TABLES_USER_H
- 
-+#include <linux/types.h>
- #include "iptables_common.h"
- #include "libiptc/libip6tc.h"
- 
---- ./include/iptables.h.orig	2008-05-05 12:09:17.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./include/iptables.h	2008-05-05 12:21:26.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
- #ifndef _IPTABLES_USER_H
- #define _IPTABLES_USER_H
- 
-+#include <linux/types.h>
- #include "iptables_common.h"
- #include "libiptc/libiptc.h"
- 
---- ./include/libiptc/libip6tc.h.orig	2008-05-05 12:24:18.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./include/libiptc/libip6tc.h	2008-05-05 12:24:24.000000000 +0200
-@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
- #define _LIBIP6TC_H
- /* Library which manipulates firewall rules. Version 0.2. */
- 
-+#include <linux/types.h>
- #include <libiptc/ipt_kernel_headers.h>
- #include <linux/netfilter_ipv6/ip6_tables.h>
- 
---- ./include/libiptc/libiptc.h.orig	2008-05-05 12:16:08.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./include/libiptc/libiptc.h	2008-05-05 12:20:51.000000000 +0200
-@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
- #define _LIBIPTC_H
- /* Library which manipulates filtering rules. */
- 
-+#include <linux/types.h>
- #include <libiptc/ipt_kernel_headers.h>
- #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_tables.h>
- 
diff --git a/package/base/iptables/iptables.conf b/package/base/iptables/iptables.conf
index dd5e5614f..b30017ada 100644
--- a/package/base/iptables/iptables.conf
+++ b/package/base/iptables/iptables.conf
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ var_append makeopt ' ' "PREFIX=$root/$prefix BINDIR=$root/sbin \
                         KERNEL_DIR=$root/usr"
 makeinstopt="$makeopt install"
 
-runconf=0
-
 hook_add postmake 5 "cp -v $confdir/rocknet_iptables.sh \
                      $root/etc/network/modules/iptables.sh; \
 		     install_init iptables $confdir/iptables.init"
+
diff --git a/package/base/iptables/iptables.desc b/package/base/iptables/iptables.desc
index fa4fc90bb..6d4ed6e41 100644
--- a/package/base/iptables/iptables.desc
+++ b/package/base/iptables/iptables.desc
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.3.8
+[V] 1.4.1
 [P] X --?--5---9 225.100
 
-[D] 349401026 iptables-1.3.8.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/
+[D] 375658427 iptables-1.4.1.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/