diff --git a/utils/flashrom/Makefile b/utils/flashrom/Makefile
index 45e20caf97..23b50438c1 100644
--- a/utils/flashrom/Makefile
+++ b/utils/flashrom/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2010-2014 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2015 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=flashrom
-PKG_VERSION:=0.9.7
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=0.9.8
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://download.flashrom.org/releases
-PKG_MD5SUM:=d239bafa1b46619d851f70f84a5b122a
+PKG_MD5SUM:=ac513076b63ab7eb411a7694bb8f6fda
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@gmail.com>
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
diff --git a/utils/flashrom/patches/100-mipsel_fix.patch b/utils/flashrom/patches/100-mipsel_fix.patch
deleted file mode 100755
index 3e34aeec44..0000000000
--- a/utils/flashrom/patches/100-mipsel_fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-diff -uprN a/internal.c b/internal.c
---- a/internal.c	2014-06-13 16:44:14.263689579 +0200
-+++ b/internal.c	2014-06-13 16:46:04.229020785 +0200
-@@ -337,10 +337,12 @@ int internal_init(void)
- 	init_superio_ite();
- #endif
- 
-+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined (__arm__)
- 	if (board_flash_enable(board_vendor, board_model, cb_vendor, cb_model)) {
- 		msg_perr("Aborting to be safe.\n");
- 		return 1;
- 	}
-+#endif
- 
- #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined (__mips)
- 	register_par_programmer(&par_programmer_internal, internal_buses_supported);