diff --git a/base/busybox/busybox.desc b/base/busybox/busybox.desc
index 28ca11a4e..681c6dfeb 100644
--- a/base/busybox/busybox.desc
+++ b/base/busybox/busybox.desc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY]
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../busybox/busybox.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2010 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2011 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 [COPY]
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.17.4
+[V] 1.18.3
 [P] X -?---5---9 102.001
 
-[D] 3198836449 busybox-1.17.4.tar.bz2 http://busybox.net/downloads/
+[D] 2179714866 busybox-1.18.3.tar.bz2 http://busybox.net/downloads/
+[D] 1665646922 busybox-1.18.3-buildsys.patch http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.18.3/
+[D] 3561935220 busybox-1.18.3-wget.patch http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.18.3/
diff --git a/base/busybox/linuxrc-location.patch b/base/busybox/linuxrc-location.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 73271da3e..000000000
--- a/base/busybox/linuxrc-location.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../busybox/linuxrc-location.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2010 The OpenSDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- busybox-1.17.2/include/applets.src.h.orig	2010-09-07 17:39:58.838205654 +0200
-+++ busybox-1.17.2/include/applets.src.h	2010-09-07 17:41:29.910279139 +0200
-@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
- IF_LESS(APPLET(less, _BB_DIR_USR_BIN, _BB_SUID_DROP))
- IF_SETARCH(APPLET_ODDNAME(linux32, setarch, _BB_DIR_BIN, _BB_SUID_DROP, linux32))
- IF_SETARCH(APPLET_ODDNAME(linux64, setarch, _BB_DIR_BIN, _BB_SUID_DROP, linux64))
--IF_FEATURE_INITRD(APPLET_ODDNAME(linuxrc, init, _BB_DIR_ROOT, _BB_SUID_DROP, linuxrc))
-+IF_FEATURE_INITRD(APPLET_ODDNAME(linuxrc, init, _BB_DIR_SBIN, _BB_SUID_DROP, linuxrc))
- IF_LN(APPLET_NOEXEC(ln, ln, _BB_DIR_BIN, _BB_SUID_DROP, ln))
- IF_LOAD_POLICY(APPLET(load_policy, _BB_DIR_USR_SBIN, _BB_SUID_DROP))
- IF_LOADFONT(APPLET(loadfont, _BB_DIR_USR_SBIN, _BB_SUID_DROP))