diff --git a/packages/ldns/build.sh b/packages/ldns/build.sh
index 5f31f2ca0..c934dbb26 100644
--- a/packages/ldns/build.sh
+++ b/packages/ldns/build.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Library for simplifying DNS programming and supporting recent and experimental RFCs"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="BSD 3-Clause"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.7.1
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=3
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.8.1
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns/ldns-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=8ac84c16bdca60e710eea75782356f3ac3b55680d40e1530d7cea474ac208229
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=958229abce4d3aaa19a75c0d127666564b17216902186e952ca4aef47c6d7fa3
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="openssl"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="ldns-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="ldns-dev"
diff --git a/packages/ldns/fix-hardcoded-paths.patch b/packages/ldns/fix-hardcoded-paths.patch
index 677aac008..671a53ee8 100644
--- a/packages/ldns/fix-hardcoded-paths.patch
+++ b/packages/ldns/fix-hardcoded-paths.patch
@@ -13,15 +13,3 @@ diff -uNr ldns-1.7.0/ldns/resolver.h ldns-1.7.0.mod/ldns/resolver.h
  
  #define LDNS_RESOLV_KEYWORD     -1
  #define LDNS_RESOLV_DEFDOMAIN	0
-diff -uNr ldns-1.7.0/resolver.c ldns-1.7.0.mod/resolver.c
---- ldns-1.7.0/resolver.c	2016-12-20 12:48:22.000000000 +0200
-+++ ldns-1.7.0.mod/resolver.c	2017-10-04 16:28:34.203407382 +0300
-@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@
-         if(!line_nr) line_nr = &lnr;
- 
- 	if(!fp) {
--		myfp = fopen("/etc/resolv.conf", "r");
-+		myfp = fopen("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/resolv.conf", "r");
- 		if(!myfp)
- 			return LDNS_STATUS_FILE_ERR;
- 	}