diff --git a/net/spawn-fcgi/Makefile b/net/spawn-fcgi/Makefile
index ed00dafa7..e412c5a32 100644
--- a/net/spawn-fcgi/Makefile
+++ b/net/spawn-fcgi/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=spawn-fcgi
-PKG_VERSION:=1.6.0
+PKG_VERSION:=1.6.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.lighttpd.net/download/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=06fcafdb87aeb5dc9b8f0f91632ae748
+PKG_MD5SUM:=ae893d12943fd4cd38a0a38835263c80
 
 PKG_FIXUP = libtool
 PKG_INSTALL = 1
diff --git a/net/spawn-fcgi/patches/100-spawn-fcgi_new_opt_directory.patch b/net/spawn-fcgi/patches/100-spawn-fcgi_new_opt_directory.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 53d149323..000000000
--- a/net/spawn-fcgi/patches/100-spawn-fcgi_new_opt_directory.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-diff -pruN spawn-fcgi-1.6.0.orig/src/spawn-fcgi.c spawn-fcgi-1.6.0/src/spawn-fcgi.c
---- spawn-fcgi-1.6.0.orig/src/spawn-fcgi.c	2009-03-05 16:43:00.160440493 +0100
-+++ spawn-fcgi-1.6.0/src/spawn-fcgi.c	2009-03-05 16:55:17.840995588 +0100
-@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
- typedef int socklen_t;
- #endif
- 
--static int fcgi_spawn_connection(char *appPath, char **appArgv, char *addr, unsigned short port, const char *unixsocket, int fork_count, int child_count, int pid_fd, int nofork) {
-+static int fcgi_spawn_connection(char *appPath, const char *fcgi_dir, char **appArgv, char *addr, unsigned short port, const char *unixsocket, int fork_count, int child_count, int pid_fd, int nofork) {
- 	int fcgi_fd;
- 	int socket_type, status, rc = 0;
- 	struct timeval tv = { 0, 100 * 1000 };
-@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ static int fcgi_spawn_connection(char *a
- 				strcat(b, appPath);
- 
- 				/* exec the cgi */
-+				if (fcgi_dir) {
-+					if (chdir(fcgi_dir) != 0) {
-+						exit(errno);
-+					}
-+				}
- 				execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", b, (char *)NULL);
- 			}
- 
-@@ -347,6 +352,7 @@ static void show_help () {
- "\n" \
- "Options:\n" \
- " -f <path>    filename of the fcgi-application (ignored if <fcgiapp> is given)\n" \
-+" -d <dir>     chdir to directory before spawning\n" \
- " -a <addr>    bind to ip address\n" \
- " -p <port>    bind to tcp-port\n" \
- " -s <path>    bind to unix-domain socket\n" \
-@@ -367,7 +373,7 @@ static void show_help () {
- 
- 
- int main(int argc, char **argv) {
--	char *fcgi_app = NULL, *changeroot = NULL, *username = NULL,
-+	char *fcgi_app = NULL, *fcgi_dir = NULL, *changeroot = NULL, *username = NULL,
- 	     *groupname = NULL, *unixsocket = NULL, *pid_file = NULL,
- 	     *addr = NULL;
- 	char **fcgi_app_argv = { NULL };
-@@ -386,9 +392,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
- 
- 	i_am_root = (getuid() == 0);
- 
--	while (-1 != (o = getopt(argc, argv, "c:f:g:?hna:p:u:vC:F:s:P:"))) {
-+	while (-1 != (o = getopt(argc, argv, "c:f:d:g:?hna:p:u:vC:F:s:P:"))) {
- 		switch(o) {
- 		case 'f': fcgi_app = optarg; break;
-+		case 'd': fcgi_dir = optarg; break;
- 		case 'a': addr = optarg;/* ip addr */ break;
- 		case 'p': port = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);/* port */ break;
- 		case 'C': child_count = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);/*  */ break;
-@@ -507,5 +514,5 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
- 		}
- 	}
- 
--	return fcgi_spawn_connection(fcgi_app, fcgi_app_argv, addr, port, unixsocket, fork_count, child_count, pid_fd, nofork);
-+	return fcgi_spawn_connection(fcgi_app, fcgi_dir, fcgi_app_argv, addr, port, unixsocket, fork_count, child_count, pid_fd, nofork);
- }