diff --git a/packages/busybox/build.sh b/packages/busybox/build.sh
index 63dc4f564..edec2af38 100755
--- a/packages/busybox/build.sh
+++ b/packages/busybox/build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=http://www.busybox.net/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable"
 TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=yes
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.24.2
-TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_REVISION=7
-TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.25.1
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
 # We replace env in the old coreutils package:
 TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="coreutils (<< 8.25-4)"
@@ -16,11 +15,6 @@ termux_step_pre_configure () {
 }
 
 termux_step_configure () {
-	# Bug in gold linker with busybox in android r10e:
-	# https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2015-02/msg00386.html
-	CFLAGS+=" -fuse-ld=bfd"
-	LD+=.bfd
-
 	cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/busybox.config .config
 	echo "CONFIG_SYSROOT=\"$TERMUX_STANDALONE_TOOLCHAIN/sysroot\"" >> .config
 	echo "CONFIG_PREFIX=\"$TERMUX_PREFIX\"" >> .config
diff --git a/packages/busybox/busybox.config b/packages/busybox/busybox.config
index 5f7271003..a31eea4d9 100644
--- a/packages/busybox/busybox.config
+++ b/packages/busybox/busybox.config
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_AR_CREATE=y
 CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS=y
 CONFIG_GUNZIP=y
+CONFIG_FEATURE_GUNZIP_LONG_OPTIONS=y
 CONFIG_BUNZIP2=y
 CONFIG_UNLZMA=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_LZMA_FAST=y
@@ -1044,3 +1045,12 @@ CONFIG_I2CGET=n
 CONFIG_I2CSET=n
 CONFIG_I2CDUMP=n
 CONFIG_I2CDETECT=n
+CONFIG_BUSYBOX=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SANITIZE=n
+CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_BSS_TAIL=n
+CONFIG_LINUXRC=n
+CONFIG_MKPASSWD=n
+CONFIG_BLKDISCARD=n
+CONFIG_NSENTER=n
+CONFIG_UNSHARE=n
+CONFIG_UBIRENAME=n
diff --git a/packages/busybox/include-platform.h.patch b/packages/busybox/include-platform.h.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cd525a308..000000000
--- a/packages/busybox/include-platform.h.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-The r11 of NDK removed dprintf.
-
-diff -u -r ../busybox-1.24.1/include/platform.h ./include/platform.h
---- ../busybox-1.24.1/include/platform.h	2015-07-13 04:18:47.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./include/platform.h	2016-03-10 11:47:06.000000000 +0100
-@@ -480,11 +480,7 @@
- #endif
- 
- #if defined(ANDROID) || defined(__ANDROID__)
--# if __ANDROID_API__ < 8
--#  undef HAVE_DPRINTF
--# else
--#  define dprintf fdprintf
--# endif
-+# undef HAVE_DPRINTF
- # if __ANDROID_API__ < 21
- #  undef HAVE_TTYNAME_R
- #  undef HAVE_GETLINE
diff --git a/packages/busybox/telnetd.patch b/packages/busybox/telnetd.patch
index dea853b23..b973d3a3c 100644
--- a/packages/busybox/telnetd.patch
+++ b/packages/busybox/telnetd.patch
@@ -1,21 +1,10 @@
-diff -u -r ../busybox-1.23.2/networking/telnetd.c ./networking/telnetd.c
---- ../busybox-1.23.2/networking/telnetd.c	2015-03-22 23:07:19.000000000 -0400
-+++ ./networking/telnetd.c	2015-08-09 07:23:22.408532696 -0400
-@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
- //usage:     "\n	-K		Close connection as soon as login exits"
- //usage:     "\n			(normally wait until all programs close slave pty)"
- //usage:	IF_FEATURE_TELNETD_STANDALONE(
--//usage:     "\n	-p PORT		Port to listen on"
--//usage:     "\n	-b ADDR[:PORT]	Address to bind to"
-+//usage:     "\n	-p PORT		Port to listen on (default 8023)"
-+//usage:     "\n	-b ADDR[:PORT]	Address to bind to (default *:8023)"
- //usage:     "\n	-F		Run in foreground"
- //usage:     "\n	-i		Inetd mode"
- //usage:	IF_FEATURE_TELNETD_INETD_WAIT(
-@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@
- } FIX_ALIASING;
- #define G (*(struct globals*)&bb_common_bufsiz1)
+diff -u -r ../busybox-1.25.1/networking/telnetd.c ./networking/telnetd.c
+--- ../busybox-1.25.1/networking/telnetd.c	2016-10-07 10:47:47.000000000 -0400
++++ ./networking/telnetd.c	2016-10-08 17:49:55.717890508 -0400
+@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@
+ #define G (*(struct globals*)bb_common_bufsiz1)
  #define INIT_G() do { \
+ 	setup_common_bufsiz(); \
 -	G.loginpath = "/bin/login"; \
 -	G.issuefile = "/etc/issue.net"; \
 +	struct passwd* pwd = getpwuid(getuid()); \
@@ -24,7 +13,7 @@ diff -u -r ../busybox-1.23.2/networking/telnetd.c ./networking/telnetd.c
  } while (0)
  
  
-@@ -535,7 +536,7 @@
+@@ -529,7 +530,7 @@
  	} else {
  		master_fd = 0;
  		if (!(opt & OPT_WAIT)) {
diff --git a/packages/busybox/unzip.c.patch b/packages/busybox/unzip.c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b587a082..000000000
--- a/packages/busybox/unzip.c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-Backport of commit:
-  https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=0ccf52a9fb9fa2f76eacbb6f1ef8419220557a40
-for issue:
-  https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=8821
-
-diff --git a/archival/unzip.c b/archival/unzip.c
-index f41ab6f..b0a6ca8 100644
---- a/archival/unzip.c
-+++ b/archival/unzip.c
-@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
- #include "libbb.h"
- #include "bb_archive.h"
- 
-+#if 0
-+# define dbg(...) bb_error_msg(__VA_ARGS__)
-+#else
-+# define dbg(...) ((void)0)
-+#endif
-+
- enum {
- #if BB_BIG_ENDIAN
- 	ZIP_FILEHEADER_MAGIC = 0x504b0304,
-@@ -193,15 +199,17 @@ static uint32_t find_cdf_offset(void)
- 	unsigned char *p;
- 	off_t end;
- 	unsigned char *buf = xzalloc(PEEK_FROM_END);
-+	uint32_t found;
- 
- 	end = xlseek(zip_fd, 0, SEEK_END);
- 	end -= PEEK_FROM_END;
- 	if (end < 0)
- 		end = 0;
--	xlseek(zip_fd, end, SEEK_SET);
-+	dbg("Looking for cdf_offset starting from 0x%"OFF_FMT"x", end);
-+ 	xlseek(zip_fd, end, SEEK_SET);
- 	full_read(zip_fd, buf, PEEK_FROM_END);
- 
--	cde_header.formatted.cdf_offset = BAD_CDF_OFFSET;
-+	found = BAD_CDF_OFFSET;
- 	p = buf;
- 	while (p <= buf + PEEK_FROM_END - CDE_HEADER_LEN - 4) {
- 		if (*p != 'P') {
-@@ -220,14 +228,25 @@ static uint32_t find_cdf_offset(void)
- 		/*
- 		 * I've seen .ZIP files with seemingly valid CDEs
- 		 * where cdf_offset points past EOF - ??
--		 * Ignore such CDEs:
-+		 * This check ignores such CDEs:
- 		 */
--		if (cde_header.formatted.cdf_offset < end + (p - buf))
--			break;
--		cde_header.formatted.cdf_offset = BAD_CDF_OFFSET;
-+		if (cde_header.formatted.cdf_offset < end + (p - buf)) {
-+			found = cde_header.formatted.cdf_offset;
-+			dbg("Possible cdf_offset:0x%x at 0x%"OFF_FMT"x",
-+				(unsigned)found, end + (p-3 - buf));
-+			dbg("  cdf_offset+cdf_size:0x%x",
-+				(unsigned)(found + SWAP_LE32(cde_header.formatted.cdf_size)));
-+			/*
-+			 * We do not "break" here because only the last CDE is valid.
-+			 * I've seen a .zip archive which contained a .zip file,
-+			 * uncompressed, and taking the first CDE was using
-+			 * the CDE inside that file!
-+			 */
-+		}
- 	}
- 	free(buf);
--	return cde_header.formatted.cdf_offset;
-+	dbg("Found cdf_offset:0x%x", (unsigned)found);
-+	return found;
- };
- 
- static uint32_t read_next_cdf(uint32_t cdf_offset, cdf_header_t *cdf_ptr)
-@@ -240,9 +259,13 @@ static uint32_t read_next_cdf(uint32_t cdf_offset, cdf_header_t *cdf_ptr)
- 		cdf_offset = find_cdf_offset();
- 
- 	if (cdf_offset != BAD_CDF_OFFSET) {
-+		dbg("Reading CDF at 0x%x", (unsigned)cdf_offset);
- 		xlseek(zip_fd, cdf_offset + 4, SEEK_SET);
- 		xread(zip_fd, cdf_ptr->raw, CDF_HEADER_LEN);
- 		FIX_ENDIANNESS_CDF(*cdf_ptr);
-+		dbg("file_name_length:%u", (unsigned)cdf_ptr->formatted.file_name_length);
-+		dbg("extra_field_length:%u", (unsigned)cdf_ptr->formatted.extra_field_length);
-+		dbg("file_comment_length:%u", (unsigned)cdf_ptr->formatted.file_comment_length);
- 		cdf_offset += 4 + CDF_HEADER_LEN
- 			+ cdf_ptr->formatted.file_name_length
- 			+ cdf_ptr->formatted.extra_field_length
-@@ -532,11 +555,14 @@ int unzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
- 		/* Check magic number */
- 		xread(zip_fd, &magic, 4);
- 		/* Central directory? It's at the end, so exit */
--		if (magic == ZIP_CDF_MAGIC)
-+		if (magic == ZIP_CDF_MAGIC) {
-+			dbg("got ZIP_CDF_MAGIC");
- 			break;
-+		}
- #if ENABLE_DESKTOP
- 		/* Data descriptor? It was a streaming file, go on */
- 		if (magic == ZIP_DD_MAGIC) {
-+			dbg("got ZIP_DD_MAGIC");
- 			/* skip over duplicate crc32, cmpsize and ucmpsize */
- 			unzip_skip(3 * 4);
- 			continue;
-@@ -544,6 +570,7 @@ int unzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
- #endif
- 		if (magic != ZIP_FILEHEADER_MAGIC)
- 			bb_error_msg_and_die("invalid zip magic %08X", (int)magic);
-+		dbg("got ZIP_FILEHEADER_MAGIC");
- 
- 		/* Read the file header */
- 		xread(zip_fd, zip_header.raw, ZIP_HEADER_LEN);
-