diff --git a/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/PKGBUILD b/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/PKGBUILD
index 56cb1e4df..da290b426 100644
--- a/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 pkgname=mkinitcpio-busybox
 pkgver=1.25.1
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc='Base initramfs tools'
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="http://www.busybox.net/"
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ license=('GPL')
 depends=('glibc')
 options=('!buildflags')
 source=("https://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-$pkgver.tar.bz2"
-        'glibc-2.16.patch'
         'config')
 sha256sums=('27667e0f2328fdbd79cfd622e4453e5c57e58f781c5da97c9be337d93aa2a02e'
             'fb5b6e2a0de4db5401322e5c2474ad8ce6a58615dad45b7109cfe045baf2c88d'
@@ -39,7 +38,10 @@ prepare() {
 
   sed 's|^\(CONFIG_EXTRA_CFLAGS\)=.*|\1="'"$safeflags"'"|' "$srcdir/config" >.config
 
-  patch -Np1 <"$srcdir/glibc-2.16.patch"
+  # workaround for FS#54240
+  if [[ $CARCH == 'i686' ]]; then
+    echo 'CONFIG_STATIC=y' >> .config
+  fi
 }
 
 build() {
diff --git a/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/glibc-2.16.patch b/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/glibc-2.16.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e2fb4fa5..000000000
--- a/core/mkinitcpio-busybox/glibc-2.16.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/include/libbb.h.orig	2012-09-17 08:28:35.215518120 -0400
-+++ b/include/libbb.h	2012-09-17 08:28:49.807212925 -0400
-@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
- #include <sys/stat.h>
- #include <sys/time.h>
- #include <sys/types.h>
-+#include <sys/resource.h>
- #ifndef major
- # include <sys/sysmacros.h>
- #endif