diff --git a/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot.mk b/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot.mk
index a294e43..6753dde 100644
--- a/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot.mk
+++ b/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER_P8 ?= 5669e5b488698fee0fc93ea0a311807123726f65
-HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER ?= 6ac254a49dc82a8c3007adb0d47c9feea75672b0
+HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER ?= 02c1e4c150f49da6363bc237fbfe07bd88b28ff2
 
 HOSTBOOT_VERSION ?= $(if $(BR2_OPENPOWER_POWER9),$(HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER),$(HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER_P8))
 HOSTBOOT_SITE ?= $(call github,open-power,hostboot,$(HOSTBOOT_VERSION))
diff --git a/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0003-remove-sbfw-check-hbDistribute.patch b/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0003-remove-sbfw-check-hbDistribute.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 74be3df..0000000
--- a/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0003-remove-sbfw-check-hbDistribute.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-From 52929548d943e0387fabb70d658905120cad7cd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Matt Ploetz <maploetz@us.ibm.com>
-Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 12:49:13 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Add openpower conditional to sbfw directory in hbDistribute
-
-Change-Id: I5e6759526a07fcbeea3a510a9a11369546367bf9
-RTC:160442
----
- src/build/tools/hbDistribute | 14 +++++++++-----
- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/build/tools/hbDistribute b/src/build/tools/hbDistribute
-index e999b49..75d0b14 100755
---- a/src/build/tools/hbDistribute
-+++ b/src/build/tools/hbDistribute
-@@ -116,12 +116,16 @@ fi
- echo "sbfw dir = ${SBFW_DIR}"
- # Verify SBFW directory or default to sandbox.
- if [ "${SBFW_DIR}" == "invalid directory" ]; then
--    if [ -z "${SANDBOXROOT}" -o -z "${SANDBOXNAME}" ]; then
--        echo "ERROR:SBFW - No path specified and \$SANDBOXBASE undefined."
--        print_usage
--        exit -1
-+    if [ "${TARGET}" == "openpower_TARGET" ]; then
-+        :
-     else
--        SBFW_DIR=${SANDBOXROOT}/${SANDBOXNAME}/src/sbei/sbfw
-+        if [ -z "${SANDBOXROOT}" -o -z "${SANDBOXNAME}" ]; then
-+            echo "ERROR:SBFW - No path specified and \$SANDBOXBASE undefined."
-+            print_usage
-+            exit -1
-+        else
-+            SBFW_DIR=${SANDBOXROOT}/${SANDBOXNAME}/src/sbei/sbfw
-+        fi
-     fi
- fi
- 
--- 
-1.8.2.2
-