diff --git a/pkg/ccn-lite/Makefile b/pkg/ccn-lite/Makefile
index 75dbdecd90..29523a147c 100644
--- a/pkg/ccn-lite/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/ccn-lite/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PKG_NAME=ccn-lite
 PKG_URL=https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/
-PKG_VERSION=da0d9de8d82349dff845acc62d37242dd09b3d3d
+PKG_VERSION=0aa974b0efdaabc61df95f35af5f74f5ed148aa8
 PKG_LICENSE=ISC
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/ccn-lite/patches/0006-src-ccnl-core-src-ccnl-relay.c-fix-use-after-free.patch b/pkg/ccn-lite/patches/0006-src-ccnl-core-src-ccnl-relay.c-fix-use-after-free.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 76bb65dae5..0000000000
Binary files a/pkg/ccn-lite/patches/0006-src-ccnl-core-src-ccnl-relay.c-fix-use-after-free.patch and /dev/null differ