diff --git a/packages/dpkg/extract.c.patch b/packages/dpkg/extract.c.patch
index a53c4df60..6f2b9a88c 100644
--- a/packages/dpkg/extract.c.patch
+++ b/packages/dpkg/extract.c.patch
@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
-diff -uNr dpkg-1.19.4/dpkg-deb/extract.c dpkg-1.19.4.mod/dpkg-deb/extract.c
---- dpkg-1.19.4/dpkg-deb/extract.c	2019-01-23 04:31:39.000000000 +0200
-+++ dpkg-1.19.4.mod/dpkg-deb/extract.c	2019-05-12 21:51:55.872339882 +0300
-@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
-     if (!c3) {
-       struct command cmd;
- 
--      command_init(&cmd, TAR, "tar");
-+      command_init(&cmd, "busybox", "tar");
-       command_add_arg(&cmd, "tar");
- 
-       if ((taroption & DPKG_TAR_LIST) && (taroption & DPKG_TAR_EXTRACT))
-@@ -321,14 +321,20 @@
+Remove tar options not supported by busybox tar.
+
+diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.17.10/dpkg-deb/extract.c ./dpkg-deb/extract.c
+--- ../dpkg-1.17.10/dpkg-deb/extract.c	2014-06-04 02:02:54.000000000 +0200
++++ ./dpkg-deb/extract.c	2014-07-01 16:40:02.785848137 +0200
+@@ -327,14 +327,20 @@
        else
          internerr("unknown or missing tar action '%d'", taroption);
  
diff --git a/packages/dpkg/help.c.patch b/packages/dpkg/help.c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ae3dc5106..000000000
--- a/packages/dpkg/help.c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -uNr dpkg-1.19.4/src/help.c dpkg-1.19.4.mod/src/help.c
---- dpkg-1.19.4/src/help.c	2019-01-23 14:04:28.000000000 +0200
-+++ dpkg-1.19.4.mod/src/help.c	2019-05-12 22:08:27.729956232 +0300
-@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@
- void checkpath(void) {
-   static const char *const prog_list[] = {
-     DEFAULTSHELL,
--    RM,
--    TAR,
-+    "busybox",
-     DIFF,
-     BACKEND,
-     /* Mac OS X uses dyld (Mach-O) instead of ld.so (ELF), and does not have
diff --git a/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-path-remove.c.patch b/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-path-remove.c.patch
index c8c6a4b53..7dadf256f 100644
--- a/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-path-remove.c.patch
+++ b/packages/dpkg/lib-dpkg-path-remove.c.patch
@@ -18,12 +18,3 @@ diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.18.2/lib/dpkg/path-remove.c ./lib/dpkg/path-remove.c
  		return;
  	if (errno == ENOTDIR) {
  		/* Either it's a file, or one of the path components is. If
-@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
- 
- 	pid = subproc_fork();
- 	if (pid == 0) {
--		execlp(RM, "rm", "-rf", "--", pathname, NULL);
-+		execlp("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/busybox", "rm", "-rf", "--", pathname, NULL);
- 		ohshite(_("unable to execute %s (%s)"),
- 		        _("rm command for cleanup"), RM);
- 	}