diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/iproute2/iproute2/0001-include-libnetlink.h-add-missing-include-for-htobe64.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/iproute2/iproute2/0001-include-libnetlink.h-add-missing-include-for-htobe64.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ececd00539a..00000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/iproute2/iproute2/0001-include-libnetlink.h-add-missing-include-for-htobe64.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From 61a0f63cd424b2e521b8b2e190c98271ced98de6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Alexander Kanavin <alex@linutronix.de>
-Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 15:32:25 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] include/libnetlink.h: add missing include for htobe64
- definitions
-
-Upstream-Status: Submitted [by email to stephen@networkplumber.org netdev@vger.kernel.org]
-Signed-off-by: Alexander Kanavin <alex@linutronix.de>
----
- include/libnetlink.h | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/include/libnetlink.h b/include/libnetlink.h
-index e91505d..938bb40 100644
---- a/include/libnetlink.h
-+++ b/include/libnetlink.h
-@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
- #include <linux/neighbour.h>
- #include <linux/netconf.h>
- #include <arpa/inet.h>
-+#include <endian.h>
- 
- struct rtnl_handle {
- 	int			fd;
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/iproute2/iproute2_7.2.0.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/iproute2/iproute2_7.3.0.bb
similarity index 95%
rename from meta/recipes-connectivity/iproute2/iproute2_7.2.0.bb
rename to meta/recipes-connectivity/iproute2/iproute2_7.3.0.bb
index aef70579468..63bdd78a7d7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/iproute2/iproute2_7.2.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/iproute2/iproute2_7.3.0.bb
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=eb723b61539feef013de476e68b5c50a \
 DEPENDS = "flex-native bison-native libcap"
 
 SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/utils/net/${BPN}/${BP}.tar.xz \
-           file://0001-include-libnetlink.h-add-missing-include-for-htobe64.patch \
            file://0002-include-color.h-add-missing-include-for-types.patch \
            "
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "4c2fa124c2cf0afd7ca34d1eeacba6ba048a56f6374e2aab93dafbdbd4eea9c0"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5c1789d290bba048a6135ed1ab81b0402dd0fb528d1f1421765c42b1fc3d6289"
 
 inherit update-alternatives bash-completion pkgconfig