diff --git a/package/network/services/dropbear/patches/920-bind-to-interface.patch b/package/network/services/dropbear/patches/920-bind-to-interface.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 89f76be92f..0000000000
--- a/package/network/services/dropbear/patches/920-bind-to-interface.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-From fb64db9eac3fdc6434f2dc7b5ea407fe5df76e6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Diederik De Coninck <diederik.deconinck_ext@softathome.com>
-Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:38:04 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Add option to bind to interface
-
-Backport of upstream commit 35fa447c2bc ("Add option to bind to interface").
-
-Signed-off-by: Diederik De Coninck <diederik.deconinck_ext@softathome.com>
-
---- a/netio.c
-+++ b/netio.c
-@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ int get_sock_port(int sock) {
-  * failure, if errstring wasn't NULL, it'll be a newly malloced error
-  * string.*/
- int dropbear_listen(const char* address, const char* port,
--		int *socks, unsigned int sockcount, char **errstring, int *maxfd) {
-+		int *socks, unsigned int sockcount, char **errstring, int *maxfd, const char* interface) {
- 
- 	struct addrinfo hints, *res = NULL, *res0 = NULL;
- 	int err;
-@@ -495,7 +495,11 @@ int dropbear_listen(const char* address,
- 		TRACE(("dropbear_listen: local loopback"))
- 	} else {
- 		if (address[0] == '\0') {
--			TRACE(("dropbear_listen: all interfaces"))
-+			if (interface) {
-+				TRACE(("dropbear_listen: %s", interface))
-+			} else {
-+				TRACE(("dropbear_listen: all interfaces"))
-+			}
- 			address = NULL;
- 		}
- 		hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;
-@@ -552,6 +556,11 @@ int dropbear_listen(const char* address,
- 		linger.l_linger = 5;
- 		setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER, (void*)&linger, sizeof(linger));
- 
-+		if(interface && setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BINDTODEVICE, interface, strlen(interface)) < 0) {
-+			dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "Couldn't set SO_BINDTODEVICE");
-+			TRACE(("Failed setsockopt with errno failure, %d %s", errno, strerror(errno)))
-+		}
-+
- #if defined(IPPROTO_IPV6) && defined(IPV6_V6ONLY)
- 		if (res->ai_family == AF_INET6) {
- 			int on = 1;
---- a/netio.h
-+++ b/netio.h
-@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ void get_socket_address(int fd, char **l
- void getaddrstring(struct sockaddr_storage* addr, 
- 		char **ret_host, char **ret_port, int host_lookup);
- int dropbear_listen(const char* address, const char* port,
--		int *socks, unsigned int sockcount, char **errstring, int *maxfd);
-+		int *socks, unsigned int sockcount, char **errstring, int *maxfd, const char* interface);
- 
- struct dropbear_progress_connection;
- 
---- a/runopts.h
-+++ b/runopts.h
-@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ typedef struct svr_runopts {
- 	char * pidfile;
- 
- 	char * forced_command;
-+	char* interface;
- 
- #if DROPBEAR_PLUGIN 
-         char *pubkey_plugin;
---- a/svr-main.c
-+++ b/svr-main.c
-@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static size_t listensockets(int *socks,
- 
- 		nsock = dropbear_listen(svr_opts.addresses[i], svr_opts.ports[i], &socks[sockpos], 
- 				sockcount - sockpos,
--				&errstring, maxfd);
-+				&errstring, maxfd, svr_opts.interface);
- 
- 		if (nsock < 0) {
- 			dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "Failed listening on '%s': %s", 
---- a/svr-runopts.c
-+++ b/svr-runopts.c
-@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ static void printhelp(const char * progn
- 					"		(default port is %s if none specified)\n"
- 					"-P PidFile	Create pid file PidFile\n"
- 					"		(default %s)\n"
-+					"-l <interface>\n"
-+					"		interface to bind on\n"
- #if INETD_MODE
- 					"-i		Start for inetd\n"
- #endif
-@@ -261,6 +263,9 @@ void svr_getopts(int argc, char ** argv)
- 				case 'P':
- 					next = &svr_opts.pidfile;
- 					break;
-+				case 'l':
-+					next = &svr_opts.interface;
-+					break;
- #if DO_MOTD
- 				/* motd is displayed by default, -m turns it off */
- 				case 'm':
-@@ -428,6 +433,10 @@ void svr_getopts(int argc, char ** argv)
- 		dropbear_log(LOG_INFO, "Forced command set to '%s'", svr_opts.forced_command);
- 	}
- 
-+	if (svr_opts.interface) {
-+		dropbear_log(LOG_INFO, "Binding to interface '%s'", svr_opts.interface);
-+	}
-+
- 	if (reexec_fd_arg) {
- 		if (m_str_to_uint(reexec_fd_arg, &svr_opts.reexec_childpipe) == DROPBEAR_FAILURE
- 			|| svr_opts.reexec_childpipe < 0) {
---- a/svr-tcpfwd.c
-+++ b/svr-tcpfwd.c
-@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ static int svr_remotetcpreq(int *allocat
- 	tcpinfo->listenport = port;
- 	tcpinfo->chantype = &svr_chan_tcpremote;
- 	tcpinfo->tcp_type = forwarded;
-+	tcpinfo->interface = svr_opts.interface;
- 
- 	tcpinfo->request_listenaddr = request_addr;
- 	if (!opts.listen_fwd_all || (strcmp(request_addr, "localhost") == 0) ) {
---- a/tcp-accept.c
-+++ b/tcp-accept.c
-@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int listen_tcpfwd(struct TCPListener* tc
- 	snprintf(portstring, sizeof(portstring), "%u", tcpinfo->listenport);
- 
- 	nsocks = dropbear_listen(tcpinfo->listenaddr, portstring, socks, 
--			DROPBEAR_MAX_SOCKS, &errstring, &ses.maxfd);
-+			DROPBEAR_MAX_SOCKS, &errstring, &ses.maxfd, tcpinfo->interface);
- 	if (nsocks < 0) {
- 		dropbear_log(LOG_INFO, "TCP forward failed: %s", errstring);
- 		m_free(errstring);
---- a/tcpfwd.h
-+++ b/tcpfwd.h
-@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct TCPListener {
- 	unsigned int listenport;
- 	/* The address that the remote host asked to listen on */
- 	char *request_listenaddr;
-+	char* interface;
- 
- 	const struct ChanType *chantype;
- 	enum {direct, forwarded} tcp_type;