diff --git a/patches/dropbear-2017.75.local.patch b/patches/dropbear-2017.75.local.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f8f7b1..0000000
--- a/patches/dropbear-2017.75.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru dropbear-2017.75.orig/configure dropbear-2017.75/configure
---- dropbear-2017.75.orig/configure	2017-05-18 16:47:03.000000000 +0200
-+++ dropbear-2017.75/configure	2017-08-23 17:34:07.708548199 +0200
-@@ -6793,20 +6793,22 @@
- 
- fi
- 
--
--# Solaris needs ptmx
--if test -z "$no_ptmx_check" ; then
--	if test x"$cross_compiling" = x"no" ; then
--		if test -e /dev/ptmx ; then
--
-+#Why no config.cache checking?!
- $as_echo "#define USE_DEV_PTMX /**/" >>confdefs.h
- 
--		fi
--	else
--		{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Not checking for /dev/ptmx, we're cross-compiling" >&5
--$as_echo "$as_me: Not checking for /dev/ptmx, we're cross-compiling" >&6;}
--	fi
--fi
-+# Solaris needs ptmx
-+#if test -z "$no_ptmx_check" ; then
-+#	if test x"$cross_compiling" = x"no" ; then
-+#		if test -e /dev/ptmx ; then
-+#
-+#$as_echo "#define USE_DEV_PTMX /**/" >>confdefs.h
-+#
-+#		fi
-+#	else
-+#		{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Not checking for /dev/ptmx, we're cross-compiling" >&5
-+#$as_echo "$as_me: Not checking for /dev/ptmx, we're cross-compiling" >&6;}
-+#	fi
-+#fi
- 
- if test -z "$no_ptc_check" ; then
- 	if test x"$cross_compiling" = x"no" ; then
-diff -ru dropbear-2017.75.orig/includes.h dropbear-2017.75/includes.h
---- dropbear-2017.75.orig/includes.h	2017-05-18 16:47:02.000000000 +0200
-+++ dropbear-2017.75/includes.h	2017-08-23 17:23:59.379752797 +0200
-@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
- typedef u_int32_t uint32_t;
- #endif /* HAVE_UINT32_T */
- 
--#ifdef SO_PRIORITY
-+#if defined(SO_PRIORITY) && !defined(__midipix__)
- #include <linux/types.h>
- #include <linux/pkt_sched.h>
- #endif
-diff -ru dropbear-2017.75.orig/netio.c dropbear-2017.75/netio.c
---- dropbear-2017.75.orig/netio.c	2017-05-18 16:47:02.000000000 +0200
-+++ dropbear-2017.75/netio.c	2017-08-23 17:25:34.759249812 +0200
-@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
- 	}
- #endif
- 
--#ifdef SO_PRIORITY
-+#if defined(SO_PRIORITY) && !defined(__midipix__)
- 	if (prio == DROPBEAR_PRIO_LOWDELAY) {
- 		so_prio_val = TC_PRIO_INTERACTIVE;
- 	} else if (prio == DROPBEAR_PRIO_BULK) {
-diff -ru dropbear-2017.75.orig/options.h dropbear-2017.75/options.h
---- dropbear-2017.75.orig/options.h	2017-05-18 16:47:02.000000000 +0200
-+++ dropbear-2017.75/options.h	2017-08-23 17:27:15.962716376 +0200
-@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
- several kB in binary size however will make the symmetrical ciphers and hashes
- slower, perhaps by 50%. Recommended for small systems that aren't doing
- much traffic. */
--#define DROPBEAR_SMALL_CODE
-+/*#define DROPBEAR_SMALL_CODE*/ /* NO! */
- 
- /* Enable X11 Forwarding - server only */
- #define ENABLE_X11FWD
-@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
- #define DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT 0
- 
- /* The default path. This will often get replaced by the shell */
--#define DEFAULT_PATH "/usr/bin:/bin"
-+#define DEFAULT_PATH "/bin"
- 
- /* Some other defines (that mostly should be left alone) are defined
-  * in sysoptions.h */
diff --git a/patches/dropbear_minipix-2017.75.local.patch b/patches/dropbear_minipix-2017.75.local.patch
deleted file mode 120000
index a97ec74..0000000
--- a/patches/dropbear_minipix-2017.75.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dropbear-2017.75.local.patch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 7fc1dfd..766eb65 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -1751,9 +1751,9 @@ mailutils mtr mutt microsocks nginx openlitespeed openssh pacman rsync socat tht
 : ${PKG_BIND_URL:=https://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/${PKG_BIND_VERSION}/bind-${PKG_BIND_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_BIND_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--with-libtool --disable-backtrace --with-eddsa=no --with-ecdsa=yes --with-gssapi=no --with-libxml2=no --with-libjson=no --with-openssl=${PREFIX_NATIVE} BUILD_CC=gcc"};
 : ${PKG_BIND_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD:=-j1};
-: ${PKG_DROPBEAR_VERSION:=2017.75};
+: ${PKG_DROPBEAR_SHA256SUM:=525965971272270995364a0eb01f35180d793182e63dd0b0c3eb0292291644a4};
+: ${PKG_DROPBEAR_VERSION:=2019.78};
 : ${PKG_DROPBEAR_URL:=https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/releases/dropbear-${PKG_DROPBEAR_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
-: ${PKG_DROPBEAR_SHA256SUM:=6cbc1dcb1c9709d226dff669e5604172a18cf5dbf9a201474d5618ae4465098c};
 : ${PKG_DROPBEAR_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:=--disable-loginfunc};
 : ${PKG_GIT_SHA256SUM:=690f12cc5691e5adaf2dd390eae6f5acce68ae0d9bd9403814f8a1433833f02a};
 : ${PKG_GIT_VERSION:=2.17.1};