diff --git a/lfs/bridge-utils b/lfs/bridge-utils
index f1170d7aa..b67b84850 100644
--- a/lfs/bridge-utils
+++ b/lfs/bridge-utils
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2018  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2024  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 1.5
+VER        = 1.7.1
 
 THISAPP    = bridge-utils-$(VER)
-DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
+DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
 DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 211ecb831f802c119f32c30621daa781056bd9ff2fb5880d328704bd76b5b5b964d0671f77489fb9c71f25a3e073e5e4070cfa759deeba014aa1136ff60b1fdd
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 36b8b9c62e88f6f1510acbf23ab8dc5ec41d3bf97eecd274c91771e116650e30b366ded37e65bde061c1e9bc7b19b7eae1e17d4573fcea9fd31892bf6d937515
 
 install : $(TARGET)
 
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ $(subst %,%_BLAKE2,$(objects)) :
 
 $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
-	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar zxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
-	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/bridge-utils-1.5-compile-fix-1.patch
+	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar axf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && find . -name Makefile.in | xargs sed -i -e "s/^KERNEL_HEADERS/#&/g"
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && autoreconf -vfi
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure --prefix=/usr
diff --git a/src/patches/bridge-utils-1.5-compile-fix-1.patch b/src/patches/bridge-utils-1.5-compile-fix-1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c2696086e..000000000
--- a/src/patches/bridge-utils-1.5-compile-fix-1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-From 5eebb7f9288b7881ffb929b1fd494fe3ac3be27d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Russell Senior <russell@personaltelco.net>
-Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:49:42 +0000
-Subject: bridge-utils: Fix compile against linux-3.8.x
-
-Linux 3.8 has a header, include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h that uses a
-struct in6_addr but doesn't define it.  The trivial seeming fix of
-including the header that does define it causes more problems.  The
-problem was discussed on mailing lists in January 2013.  The final
-suggestion I found was here:
-
-      http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-January/msg01253.html
-
-This is intended to implement that suggestion.
-
-Signed-off-by: Russell Senior <russell@personaltelco.net>
----
-diff --git a/libbridge/libbridge.h b/libbridge/libbridge.h
-index 39964f2..dd14bae 100644
---- a/libbridge/libbridge.h
-+++ b/libbridge/libbridge.h
-@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
- #define _LIBBRIDGE_H
- 
- #include <sys/socket.h>
-+#include <netinet/in.h>
- #include <linux/if.h>
- #include <linux/if_bridge.h>
- 
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