diff --git a/package/util-linux/0001-build-sys-fix-uClibc-ng-scanf-check.patch b/package/util-linux/0001-build-sys-fix-uClibc-ng-scanf-check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 801b72b26d..0000000000
--- a/package/util-linux/0001-build-sys-fix-uClibc-ng-scanf-check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-From bac7fbdb2d141879526ca4342d56d2c749ba8af5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx@uclibc-ng.org>
-Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 04:23:28 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] build-sys: fix uClibc-ng scanf check
-
-uClibc-ng tries to be compatible with GNU libc and defines
-__GLIBC__ and pretend to be version 2.2.
-We once changed it to 2.10, but then some hard to fix problems
-in different software packages (gcc) occured.
-It would be better if we disable the special GNU libc checks
-for uClibc-ng here. uClibc-ng implements the required scanf
-functionality.
-
-Signed-off-by: Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx@uclibc-ng.org>
----
- configure.ac | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 3ba723f..ec197ee 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ AC_CACHE_VAL([scanf_cv_alloc_modifier],
-      #include <stdio.h>
-      #include <unistd.h>
- 
--     #ifdef __GLIBC__
-+     #if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__UCLIBC__)
- 
-      #if !(__GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 7))
-      #error %m is not available
--- 
-2.1.4
-
diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux.hash b/package/util-linux/util-linux.hash
index ca581025c8..17094f4a7f 100644
--- a/package/util-linux/util-linux.hash
+++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.28/sha256sums.asc
-sha256	395847e2a18a2c317170f238892751e73a57104565344f8644090c8b091014bb	util-linux-2.28.tar.xz
+sha256	3ece4ea4a34ef786b68f5c415e848390424232abd1ee00f7ee5bddc30657b60f	util-linux-2.28.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk b/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
index 9c7bd87126..3c8496a157 100644
--- a/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
+++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
@@ -4,16 +4,15 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-UTIL_LINUX_VERSION = 2.28
+UTIL_LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR = 2.28
+UTIL_LINUX_VERSION = $(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR).1
 UTIL_LINUX_SOURCE = util-linux-$(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION).tar.xz
-UTIL_LINUX_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/util-linux/v$(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION)
+UTIL_LINUX_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/util-linux/v$(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR)
 
 # README.licensing claims that some files are GPLv2-only, but this is not true.
 # Some files are GPLv3+ but only in tests.
 UTIL_LINUX_LICENSE = GPLv2+, BSD-4c, libblkid and libmount LGPLv2.1+, libuuid BSD-3c
 UTIL_LINUX_LICENSE_FILES = README.licensing Documentation/licenses/COPYING.GPLv2 Documentation/licenses/COPYING.UCB Documentation/licenses/COPYING.LGPLv2.1 Documentation/licenses/COPYING.BSD-3
-# For 0001-build-sys-fix-uClibc-ng-scanf-check.patch
-UTIL_LINUX_AUTORECONF = YES
 UTIL_LINUX_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 UTIL_LINUX_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 # uClibc needs NTP_LEGACY for sys/timex.h -> ntp_gettime() support