diff --git a/srcpkgs/vnstat/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/vnstat/patches/cross.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 145b7173344..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/vnstat/patches/cross.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.am.orig	2015-12-22 07:53:14.124104461 +0100
-+++ Makefile.am	2015-12-22 07:53:24.434208468 +0100
-@@ -93,27 +93,5 @@ release: distcheck
- 	rm -fr $(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)
- 	ls -l $(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION).tar.gz
- 
--install-data-hook:
--	$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/vnstat$(EXEEXT) --showconfig >vnstat.conf && \
--	  $(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir) && \
--	  mv -f vnstat.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/vnstat.conf
--	@echo
--	@echo "============================================================================"
--	@echo "  Note: No service file has been installed for starting the daemon"
--	@echo "        automatically. Such setup will need to be created manually"
--	@echo "        depending on the used environment. See the included documentation."
--	@echo "============================================================================"
--	@echo
--
--uninstall-hook:
--	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/vnstat.conf
--	-rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)
--	@echo
--	@echo "=================================================================="
--	@echo "  Note: The database directory has been left untouched."
--	@echo "        It will need to be removed manually if no longer needed."
--	@echo "=================================================================="
--	@echo
--
- clean-local:
- 	-rm -fr coverage *.lcov *.gz test*.log test*.xml src/*.gc* tests/*.gc*
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vnstat/template b/srcpkgs/vnstat/template
index 7843d20f0f5..c886f4cdc50 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vnstat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vnstat/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for "vnstat"
 pkgname=vnstat
-version=1.16
+version=1.17
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
 homepage="http://humdi.net/vnstat/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://humdi.net/vnstat/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=420fec6c89229a100697f3189e824a1b81f7148dd651558f2ff03cc298308e8b
+checksum=18e4c53576ca9e1ef2f0e063a6d83b0c44e3b1cf008560d658745df5c9aa7971
 
 conf_files="/etc/vnstat.conf"
 make_dirs="/var/lib/vnstat 0755 root root"