diff --git a/pkg/jsmn/Makefile b/pkg/jsmn/Makefile
index 18dfe2c5c1..17de17fc64 100644
--- a/pkg/jsmn/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/jsmn/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 PKG_NAME=jsmn
 PKG_URL=https://github.com/zserge/jsmn
-PKG_VERSION=b77d84ba48e057aa464b6c6b6f6209e632918cb3
+PKG_VERSION=6784c826d9674915a4d89649c6288e6aecb4110d
 PKG_LICENSE=MIT
 
 .PHONY: all
 
 all: git-download
-	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
+	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR) -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile.jsmn
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/jsmn/Makefile.jsmn b/pkg/jsmn/Makefile.jsmn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64ef249719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/jsmn/Makefile.jsmn
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SRCS := jsmn.c
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/pkg/jsmn/patches/0001-RIOTize-makefile.patch b/pkg/jsmn/patches/0001-RIOTize-makefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cbdbc2358..0000000000
--- a/pkg/jsmn/patches/0001-RIOTize-makefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-From e0558697ce92e6d1af952ebcd0fa2a44c24948e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:27:26 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] RIOTize makefile
-
----
- Makefile | 42 ++----------------------------------------
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index a382d64..64ef249 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -1,41 +1,3 @@
--# You can put your build options here
---include config.mk
--
--all: libjsmn.a 
--
--libjsmn.a: jsmn.o
--	$(AR) rc $@ $^
--
--%.o: %.c jsmn.h
--	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
--
--test: test_default test_strict test_links test_strict_links
--test_default: test/tests.c
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -o test/$@
--	./test/$@
--test_strict: test/tests.c
--	$(CC) -DJSMN_STRICT=1 $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -o test/$@
--	./test/$@
--test_links: test/tests.c
--	$(CC) -DJSMN_PARENT_LINKS=1 $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -o test/$@
--	./test/$@
--test_strict_links: test/tests.c
--	$(CC) -DJSMN_STRICT=1 -DJSMN_PARENT_LINKS=1 $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -o test/$@
--	./test/$@
--
--jsmn_test.o: jsmn_test.c libjsmn.a
--
--simple_example: example/simple.o libjsmn.a
--	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@
--
--jsondump: example/jsondump.o libjsmn.a
--	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@
--
--clean:
--	rm -f jsmn.o jsmn_test.o example/simple.o
--	rm -f libjsmn.a
--	rm -f simple_example
--	rm -f jsondump
--
--.PHONY: all clean test
-+SRCS := jsmn.c
- 
-+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
--- 
-2.7.4
-