diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 127e20ca0f..0f6a5b0b19 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -663,7 +663,6 @@ package/lockfile-progs/0001-sus3v-legacy.patch lib_patch.Sob lib_patch.Upstream
 package/lshw/0001-solve-Compile-error-when-g-version-is-less-than-5.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/ltrace/0001-arm-plt.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/ltrace/0002-sparc-add-missing-library.h-include.patch lib_patch.Upstream
-package/ltrace/0003-configure.ac-fix-autoreconf-with-autoconf-2.70.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/lttng-babeltrace/0001-tests-lib-Makefile.am-remove-unneeded-static-flag.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/lttng-babeltrace/0002-configure.ac-fix-popt-static-build.patch lib_patch.Upstream
 package/lttng-libust/0001-configure.ac-add-disable-tests.patch lib_patch.Upstream
diff --git a/package/ltrace/0003-configure.ac-fix-autoreconf-with-autoconf-2.70.patch b/package/ltrace/0003-configure.ac-fix-autoreconf-with-autoconf-2.70.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index efe993ec88..0000000000
--- a/package/ltrace/0003-configure.ac-fix-autoreconf-with-autoconf-2.70.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-From b8d5d086489ff20339e221323a60c140a9820e67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2021 09:39:52 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] configure.ac: fix autoreconf with autoconf >= 2.70
-
-Drop AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR to avoid the following build failure with
-autoconf >= 2.70:
-
-autoreconf: error: cannot create config/autoconf: No such file or directory
-
-Fixes:
- - http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/433599039d6e1ee301465f9867e169c121a0646f
-
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
-[Upstream status: not sent as upstream is unmaintained:
-https://gitlab.com/cespedes/ltrace/-/issues/8]
----
- configure.ac | 1 -
- 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index b9c39fa..486589b 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ AC_INIT([ltrace],[0.7.91],[ltrace-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org],
- AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
- AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(libltrace.c)
- AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([config/m4])
--AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config/autoconf])
- AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
- AC_CANONICAL_HOST
- 
--- 
-2.33.0
-
diff --git a/package/ltrace/ltrace.hash b/package/ltrace/ltrace.hash
index a677ed3511..cb505b46c3 100644
--- a/package/ltrace/ltrace.hash
+++ b/package/ltrace/ltrace.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  4aecf69e4a33331aed1e50ce4907e73a98cbccc4835febc3473863474304d547  ltrace-82c66409c7a93ca6ad2e4563ef030dfb7e6df4d4.tar.gz
+sha256  11c85a1353fcf2b5438b19d0ccc2d376c96656ce6f11cf9537e3a92b84392c58  ltrace-0.8.1.tar.gz
 sha256  e6d6a009505e345fe949e1310334fcb0747f28dae2856759de102ab66b722cb4  COPYING
diff --git a/package/ltrace/ltrace.mk b/package/ltrace/ltrace.mk
index b3bd90daaa..61d1a13809 100644
--- a/package/ltrace/ltrace.mk
+++ b/package/ltrace/ltrace.mk
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-# This github version has some extra fixes on top of https://ltrace.org/
-# in particular the following commit to avoid a crash:
-#   192e0a6 void struct members are now ignored
-LTRACE_VERSION = 82c66409c7a93ca6ad2e4563ef030dfb7e6df4d4
-LTRACE_SITE = $(call github,dkogan,ltrace,$(LTRACE_VERSION))
+LTRACE_VERSION = 0.8.1
+LTRACE_SITE = $(call gitlab,cespedes,ltrace,$(LTRACE_VERSION))
 LTRACE_DEPENDENCIES = elfutils
 LTRACE_CONF_OPTS = --disable-werror
 LTRACE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0