diff --git a/packages/dropbear/build.sh b/packages/dropbear/build.sh
index 953bcf72d..b4826da81 100755
--- a/packages/dropbear/build.sh
+++ b/packages/dropbear/build.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Small SSH server and client"
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libutil"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2015.68
-TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_REVISION=1
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2015.71
 # Using mirror since main site was down 2015-06-13:
 # TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/releases/dropbear-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://dropbear.nl/mirror/dropbear-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2
diff --git a/packages/dropbear/options.h.patch b/packages/dropbear/options.h.patch
index 93adbefbd..f5d619baf 100644
--- a/packages/dropbear/options.h.patch
+++ b/packages/dropbear/options.h.patch
@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
-diff -u -r ../dropbear-2015.68/options.h ./options.h
---- ../dropbear-2015.68/options.h	2015-08-08 08:35:34.000000000 -0400
-+++ ./options.h	2015-11-08 00:49:34.079208221 -0500
-@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
- 
+diff -u -r ../dropbear-2015.71/options.h ./options.h
+--- ../dropbear-2015.71/options.h	2015-12-03 08:24:00.000000000 -0500
++++ ./options.h	2015-12-03 11:48:59.745257140 -0500
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  /* IMPORTANT: Many options will require "make clean" after changes */
  
-+
-+
  #ifndef DROPBEAR_DEFPORT
 -#define DROPBEAR_DEFPORT "22"
 +#define DROPBEAR_DEFPORT "8022"
  #endif
  
  #ifndef DROPBEAR_DEFADDRESS
-@@ -21,13 +23,13 @@
+@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
  
  /* Default hostkey paths - these can be specified on the command line */
  #ifndef DSS_PRIV_FILENAME
@@ -30,25 +27,16 @@ diff -u -r ../dropbear-2015.68/options.h ./options.h
  #endif
  
  /* Set NON_INETD_MODE if you require daemon functionality (ie Dropbear listens
-@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@
-  * Both of these flags can be defined at once, don't compile without at least
-  * one of them. */
- #define NON_INETD_MODE
--#define INETD_MODE
-+#undef INETD_MODE
- 
- /* Setting this disables the fast exptmod bignum code. It saves ~5kB, but is
-  * perhaps 20% slower for pubkey operations (it is probably worth experimenting
-@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
- #define DROPBEAR_SMALL_CODE
+@@ -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
++#undef DROPBEAR_SMALL_CODE
  
  /* Enable X11 Forwarding - server only */
--#define ENABLE_X11FWD
-+#undef ENABLE_X11FWD
- 
- /* Enable TCP Fowarding */
- /* 'Local' is "-L" style (client listening port forwarded via server)
-@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@
+ #define ENABLE_X11FWD
+@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
  
  /* The MOTD file path */
  #ifndef MOTD_FILENAME
@@ -57,16 +45,16 @@ diff -u -r ../dropbear-2015.68/options.h ./options.h
  #endif
  
  /* Authentication Types - at least one required.
-@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@
-  * PAM challenge/response.
-  * You can't enable both PASSWORD and PAM. */
+@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
  
+ /* This requires crypt() */
+ #ifdef HAVE_CRYPT
 -#define ENABLE_SVR_PASSWORD_AUTH
 +#undef ENABLE_SVR_PASSWORD_AUTH
+ #endif
  /* PAM requires ./configure --enable-pam */
  /*#define ENABLE_SVR_PAM_AUTH */
- #define ENABLE_SVR_PUBKEY_AUTH
-@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@
+@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
  /* The default file to store the daemon's process ID, for shutdown
     scripts etc. This can be overridden with the -P flag */
  #ifndef DROPBEAR_PIDFILE
@@ -75,16 +63,7 @@ diff -u -r ../dropbear-2015.68/options.h ./options.h
  #endif
  
  /* The command to invoke for xauth when using X11 forwarding.
-@@ -294,7 +296,7 @@
- 
- /* This is used by the scp binary when used as a client binary. If you're
-  * not using the Dropbear client, you'll need to change it */
--#define DROPBEAR_PATH_SSH_PROGRAM "/usr/bin/dbclient"
-+#define DROPBEAR_PATH_SSH_PROGRAM "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/dbclient"
- 
- /* Whether to log commands executed by a client. This only logs the 
-  * (single) command sent to the server, not what a user did in a 
-@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@
+@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
  #define DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT 0
  
  /* The default path. This will often get replaced by the shell */
diff --git a/packages/dropbear/scp-uses-deprecated-S_IWRITE.patch b/packages/dropbear/scp-uses-deprecated-S_IWRITE.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3433b7389..000000000
--- a/packages/dropbear/scp-uses-deprecated-S_IWRITE.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-S_IWRITE is an obsolete synonym for S_IWUSR, which Android does not define.
-
-diff -u -r ../dropbear-2013.62/scp.c ./scp.c
---- ../dropbear-2013.62/scp.c	2013-12-03 14:39:15.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./scp.c	2014-01-05 21:21:37.930812382 +0100
-@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@
- 			continue;
- 		}
- 		omode = mode;
--		mode |= S_IWRITE;
-+		mode |= S_IWUSR;
- 		if ((ofd = open(np, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, mode)) < 0) {
- bad:			run_err("%s: %s", np, strerror(errno));
- 			continue;