diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom/0001-Fix-build-issus-surfaced-due-to-musl.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom/0001-Fix-build-issus-surfaced-due-to-musl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fec67fdd3fd..00000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom/0001-Fix-build-issus-surfaced-due-to-musl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-From d62a5862e26ed3fc58d789efe9c40ca6c911d36b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:35:31 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix build issus surfaced due to musl
-
-src/getsdir.h:28:14: error: 'MAXNAMLEN' undeclared here (not in a function)
-   char fname[MAXNAMLEN + 1];  /* filename + terminating null */
-
-src/dial.c:352:22: error: 'KIOCSOUND' undeclared (first use in this function)
-|      ioctl(consolefd, KIOCSOUND, k);
-
-Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
----
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
- src/dial.c    | 2 +-
- src/getsdir.c | 1 +
- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/dial.c b/src/dial.c
-index a90c1d2..bf02574 100644
---- a/src/dial.c
-+++ b/src/dial.c
-@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
- #include "intl.h"
- 
- #ifdef VC_MUSIC
--#  if defined(__GLIBC__)
-+#  if defined(__GLIBC__) || defined(__linux__)
- #    include <sys/ioctl.h>
- #    include <sys/kd.h>
- #    include <sys/time.h>
-diff --git a/src/getsdir.c b/src/getsdir.c
-index 2195b27..b61a361 100644
---- a/src/getsdir.c
-+++ b/src/getsdir.c
-@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
- #include <string.h>
- #include <sys/types.h>
- #include <sys/stat.h>
-+#include <sys/param.h>
- #include <errno.h>
- 
- #include "getsdir.h"
--- 
-2.5.1
-
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom/0001-fix-minicom-h-v-return-value-is-not-0.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom/0001-fix-minicom-h-v-return-value-is-not-0.patch
index bd8261c979d..9e67126f3e1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom/0001-fix-minicom-h-v-return-value-is-not-0.patch
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom/0001-fix-minicom-h-v-return-value-is-not-0.patch
@@ -1,35 +1,33 @@
-Subject: [PATCH] fix minicom -h/-v return value is not 0
+Exit normally for help/verison options
 
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
-Signed-off-by: Lu Chong <Chong.Lu@windriver.com>
+If -v or -h is used for the help/version information, it is a normal exit situation,
+not an error condition. Sometimes these are used as a simple operation test of the
+resulting binary so the exit code does matter.
 
+Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://salsa.debian.org/minicom-team/minicom/-/merge_requests/14]
 ---
  src/minicom.c |    6 ++----
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 
-diff --git a/src/minicom.c b/src/minicom.c
-index e1a557b..730da7c 100644
---- a/src/minicom.c
-+++ b/src/minicom.c
-@@ -1166,15 +1166,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
- 	         "modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License\n"
+Index: minicom-2.8/src/minicom.c
+===================================================================
+--- minicom-2.8.orig/src/minicom.c
++++ minicom-2.8/src/minicom.c
+@@ -1257,14 +1257,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+                  "modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License\n"
                   "as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version\n"
-                  "2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.\n\n");
+                  "2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.\n\n"));
 -          exit(1);
--          break;
 +          exit(0);
+           break;
          case 's': /* setup mode */
            dosetup = 1;
            break;
          case 'h':
            helpthem();
 -          exit(1);
--          break;
 +          exit(0);
+           break;
          case 'p': /* Pseudo terminal to use. */
            if (strncmp(optarg, "/dev/", 5) == 0)
-             optarg += 5;
--- 
-1.7.9.5
-
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom/allow.to.disable.lockdev.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom/allow.to.disable.lockdev.patch
index f5c08896ff5..39dc5c04925 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom/allow.to.disable.lockdev.patch
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom/allow.to.disable.lockdev.patch
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
-Upstream-Status: Pending
+configure: Allow lockdev to be disabled
+
+When the pkgconfig dependencies may be present, it is useful to be
+able to explictly disable the lockdev dependency. This adds such an
+option.
 
 Signed-off-by: Martin Jansa <Martin.Jansa@gmail.com>
+Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://salsa.debian.org/minicom-team/minicom/-/merge_requests/14]
 
---- a/configure.in	2013-02-06 18:18:13.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/configure.in	2013-07-21 15:31:27.614828894 +0200
-@@ -40,7 +40,13 @@
+Index: minicom-2.8/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- minicom-2.8.orig/configure.ac
++++ minicom-2.8/configure.ac
+@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@ if test "x$enable_socket" = xyes; then
  fi
  
  PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.7.1.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.8.bb
similarity index 68%
rename from meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.7.1.bb
rename to meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.8.bb
index 4f715cbc714..3abd8a41ca9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.7.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/minicom/minicom_2.8.bb
@@ -7,17 +7,12 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=420477abc567404debca0a2a1cb6b645 \
                     file://src/minicom.h;beginline=1;endline=12;md5=a58838cb709f0db517f4e42730c49e81"
 
-SRC_URI = "${DEBIAN_MIRROR}/main/m/${BPN}/${BPN}_${PV}.orig.tar.gz \
+SRC_URI = "${DEBIAN_MIRROR}/main/m/${BPN}/${BPN}_${PV}.orig.tar.bz2 \
            file://allow.to.disable.lockdev.patch \
            file://0001-fix-minicom-h-v-return-value-is-not-0.patch \
-           file://0001-Fix-build-issus-surfaced-due-to-musl.patch \
-           file://0001-Drop-superfluous-global-variable-definitions.patch \
-           file://0002-Drop-superfluous-global-variable-definitions.patch \
-           file://0003-Drop-superfluous-global-variable-definitions.patch \
-          "
+"
 
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "9021cb8c5445f6e6e74b2acc39962d62"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "532f836b7a677eb0cb1dca8d70302b73729c3d30df26d58368d712e5cca041f1"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "38cea30913a20349326ff3f1763ee1512b7b41601c24f065f365e18e9db0beba"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[lockdev] = "--enable-lockdev,--disable-lockdev,lockdev"
