diff --git a/package/libcap/0001-Support-dynamic-test-compilation-and-execution.patch b/package/libcap/0001-Support-dynamic-test-compilation-and-execution.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a456ea55d9..0000000000
--- a/package/libcap/0001-Support-dynamic-test-compilation-and-execution.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,224 +0,0 @@
-From 307e7f5744b7c84af4c07091c5310cf4f9514694 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Andrew G. Morgan" <morgan@kernel.org>
-Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 12:24:43 -0700
-Subject: Support dynamic test compilation and execution.
-
-  make DYNAMIC=yes test sudotest
-
-works now. Thomas Petazzoni provided a patch that built
-the tests this way, but I've restructured things to
-make the above command line work against the uninstalled
-library builds.
-
-Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
-[Retrieved from:
-https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libcap/libcap.git/commit/?id=307e7f5744b7c84af4c07091c5310cf4f9514694]
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
----
- Make.Rules          |  2 +-
- go/Makefile         |  6 +++---
- go/try-launching.go |  2 +-
- progs/.gitignore    |  1 +
- progs/Makefile      | 15 ++++++++++-----
- progs/quicktest.sh  |  8 ++++----
- tests/Makefile      | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
- 7 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/Make.Rules b/Make.Rules
-index c62f541..8c3f9b3 100644
---- a/Make.Rules
-+++ b/Make.Rules
-@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ WARNINGS=-Wall -Wwrite-strings \
- LD=$(CC) -Wl,-x -shared
- LDFLAGS ?= #-g
- LIBCAPLIB := -L$(topdir)/libcap -lcap
--LIBPSXLIB := -L$(topdir)/libcap -lpsx -lpthread
-+LIBPSXLIB := -L$(topdir)/libcap -lpsx -lpthread -Wl,-wrap,pthread_create
- 
- BUILD_GPERF := $(shell which gperf >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo yes)
- 
-diff --git a/go/Makefile b/go/Makefile
-index c5ad7aa..19b3e29 100644
---- a/go/Makefile
-+++ b/go/Makefile
-@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ all: $(PSXGOPACKAGE) $(CAPGOPACKAGE) web compare-cap try-launching
- $(DEPS):
- 	make -C ../libcap all
- 
--../progs/capsh:
--	make -C ../progs capsh
-+../progs/tcapsh-static:
-+	make -C ../progs tcapsh-static
- 
- src/$(IMPORTDIR)/psx:
- 	mkdir -p "src/$(IMPORTDIR)"
-@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ ifeq ($(CGO_REQUIRED),0)
- 	CGO_ENABLED="1" CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW="$(CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW)" GOPATH=$(GOPATH) $(GO) build -o $@-cgo $<
- endif
- 
--test: all ../progs/capsh
-+test: all ../progs/tcapsh-static
- 	CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW="$(CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW)" GOPATH="$(GOPATH)" $(GO) test $(IMPORTDIR)/psx
- 	CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW="$(CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW)" GOPATH="$(GOPATH)" $(GO) test $(IMPORTDIR)/cap
- 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../libcap ./compare-cap
-diff --git a/go/try-launching.go b/go/try-launching.go
-index 1c3d477..272fd0a 100644
---- a/go/try-launching.go
-+++ b/go/try-launching.go
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func tryLaunching() {
- 	}{
- 		{args: []string{root + "/go/ok"}},
- 		{
--			args:   []string{root + "/progs/capsh", "--dropped=cap_chown", "--is-uid=123", "--is-gid=456", "--has-a=cap_setuid"},
-+			args:   []string{root + "/progs/tcapsh-static", "--dropped=cap_chown", "--is-uid=123", "--is-gid=456", "--has-a=cap_setuid"},
- 			iab:    "!cap_chown,^cap_setuid,cap_sys_admin",
- 			uid:    123,
- 			gid:    456,
-diff --git a/progs/.gitignore b/progs/.gitignore
-index 1c7ff23..978229e 100644
---- a/progs/.gitignore
-+++ b/progs/.gitignore
-@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
- capsh
-+tcapsh-static
- getcap
- getpcaps
- setcap
-diff --git a/progs/Makefile b/progs/Makefile
-index 076e44f..1b27c41 100644
---- a/progs/Makefile
-+++ b/progs/Makefile
-@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ PROGS=getpcaps capsh getcap setcap
- 
- BUILD=$(PROGS)
- 
--ifneq ($(DYNAMIC),yes)
-+ifeq ($(DYNAMIC),yes)
-+LDPATH = LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../libcap
-+else
- LDFLAGS += --static
- endif
- 
- DEPS=../libcap/libcap.a ../libcap/libpsx.a
- 
--all: $(BUILD)
-+all: $(BUILD) tcapsh-static
- 
- $(DEPS):
- 	make -C ../libcap all
-@@ -36,9 +38,12 @@ endif
- 
- test: $(PROGS)
- 
--sudotest: test
--	sudo ./quicktest.sh
-+tcapsh-static: capsh.c $(DEPS)
-+	$(CC) $(IPATH) $(CAPSH_SHELL) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBCAPLIB) $(LDFLAGS) --static
-+
-+sudotest: test tcapsh-static
-+	sudo $(LDPATH) ./quicktest.sh
- 
- clean:
- 	$(LOCALCLEAN)
--	rm -f *.o $(BUILD) tcapsh ping hack.sh compare-cap
-+	rm -f *.o $(BUILD) tcapsh* privileged ping hack.sh compare-cap
-diff --git a/progs/quicktest.sh b/progs/quicktest.sh
-index fbe98a6..5873317 100755
---- a/progs/quicktest.sh
-+++ b/progs/quicktest.sh
-@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pass_capsh () {
- pass_capsh --print
- 
- # Make a local non-setuid-0 version of capsh and call it privileged
--cp ./capsh ./privileged && /bin/chmod -s ./privileged
-+cp ./tcapsh-static ./privileged && /bin/chmod -s ./privileged
- if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-     echo "Failed to copy capsh for capability manipulation"
-     exit 1
-@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ pass_capsh --mode=PURE1E --iab='!%cap_chown,cap_sys_admin'
- pass_capsh --keep=0 --keep=1 --keep=0 --keep=1 --print
- 
- /bin/rm -f tcapsh
--/bin/cp capsh tcapsh
-+/bin/cp tcapsh-static tcapsh
- /bin/chown root.root tcapsh
- /bin/chmod u+s tcapsh
- /bin/ls -l tcapsh
-@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ pass_capsh --keep=1 --uid=$nouid --caps=cap_setpcap=ep \
- 
- # Verify we can chroot
- pass_capsh --chroot=$(/bin/pwd)
--pass_capsh --chroot=$(/bin/pwd) ==
-+pass_capsh -- -c "./tcapsh-static --chroot=$(/bin/pwd) =="
- fail_capsh --chroot=$(/bin/pwd) -- -c "echo oops"
- 
- ./capsh --has-ambient
-@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ echo "testing namespaced file caps"
- # nsprivileged capsh will have an ns rootid value (this is
- # the same setup as an earlier test but with a ns file cap).
- rm -f nsprivileged
--cp ./capsh ./nsprivileged && /bin/chmod -s ./nsprivileged
-+cp ./tcapsh-static ./nsprivileged && /bin/chmod -s ./nsprivileged
- ./setcap -n 1 all=ep ./nsprivileged
- if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-     ./getcap -n ./nsprivileged | fgrep "[rootid=1]"
-diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
-index 0c86ee8..a555887 100644
---- a/tests/Makefile
-+++ b/tests/Makefile
-@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ include ../Make.Rules
- 
- DEPS=../libcap/libcap.a ../libcap/libpsx.a
- 
-+ifeq ($(DYNAMIC),yes)
-+LDPATH = LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../libcap
-+else
-+LDFLAGS += --static
-+endif
-+
- all: psx_test libcap_psx_test libcap_launch_test
- 
- $(DEPS):
-@@ -19,30 +25,31 @@ sudotest: test run_libcap_launch_test run_libcap_launch_test
- install: all
- 
- run_psx_test: psx_test
--	./psx_test
-+	$(LDPATH) ./psx_test
- 
- psx_test: psx_test.c $(DEPS)
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(IPATH) $< -o $@ $(LIBPSXLIB) -Wl,-wrap,pthread_create
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(IPATH) $< -o $@ $(LIBPSXLIB)
- 
- run_libcap_psx_test: libcap_psx_test
--	./libcap_psx_test
-+	$(LDPATH) ./libcap_psx_test
- 
- libcap_psx_test: libcap_psx_test.c $(DEPS)
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(IPATH) $< -o $@ $(LIBCAPLIB) $(LIBPSXLIB) -Wl,-wrap,pthread_create --static
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(IPATH) $< -o $@ $(LIBCAPLIB) $(LIBPSXLIB) $(LDFLAGS)
- 
- run_libcap_launch_test: libcap_launch_test libcap_psx_launch_test noop
--	sudo ./libcap_launch_test
--	sudo ./libcap_psx_launch_test
-+	sudo $(LDPATH) ./libcap_launch_test
-+	sudo $(LDPATH) ./libcap_psx_launch_test
- 
- libcap_launch_test: libcap_launch_test.c $(DEPS)
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(IPATH) $< -o $@ $(LIBCAPLIB) --static
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(IPATH) $< -o $@ $(LIBCAPLIB) $(LDFLAGS)
- 
- # this varies only slightly from the above insofar as it currently
- # only links in the pthreads fork support. TODO() we need to change
- # the source to do something interesting with pthreads.
- libcap_psx_launch_test: libcap_launch_test.c $(DEPS)
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(IPATH) -DWITH_PTHREADS $< -o $@ $(LIBCAPLIB) $(LIBPSXLIB) -Wl,-wrap,pthread_create --static
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(IPATH) -DWITH_PTHREADS $< -o $@ $(LIBCAPLIB) $(LIBPSXLIB) $(LDFLAGS)
- 
-+# This one runs in a chroot with no shared library files.
- noop: noop.c
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ --static
- 
--- 
-cgit 1.2.3-1.el7
-
diff --git a/package/libcap/0003-libcap-Makefile-disable-building-installing-shared-l.patch b/package/libcap/0001-libcap-Makefile-disable-building-installing-shared-l.patch
similarity index 86%
rename from package/libcap/0003-libcap-Makefile-disable-building-installing-shared-l.patch
rename to package/libcap/0001-libcap-Makefile-disable-building-installing-shared-l.patch
index d3a8bbec1d..6d49f235a9 100644
--- a/package/libcap/0003-libcap-Makefile-disable-building-installing-shared-l.patch
+++ b/package/libcap/0001-libcap-Makefile-disable-building-installing-shared-l.patch
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Subject: [PATCH] libcap/Makefile: disable building/installing shared
  library when DYNAMIC is empty
 
 Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
+[slightly manual modifications that patch still applies for libcap 2.44]
+Signed-off-by: Heiko Thiery <heiko.thiery@gmail.com>
 ---
  libcap/Makefile | 4 ++--
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ index 81b089e..dfd4dea 100644
  test: cap_test
  	./cap_test
  
--install: install-shared install-static
+-install: install-static install-shared
 +install: $(if $(DYNAMIC),install-shared) install-static
  
  install-common: pcs
diff --git a/package/libcap/0002-Migrate-all-uses-of-tcapsh-static-to-sudotest-target.patch b/package/libcap/0002-Migrate-all-uses-of-tcapsh-static-to-sudotest-target.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index db1b00462f..0000000000
--- a/package/libcap/0002-Migrate-all-uses-of-tcapsh-static-to-sudotest-target.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-From 159d53d71c7539719b3883bbdc7b113c876a5e55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Andrew G. Morgan" <morgan@kernel.org>
-Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 14:02:03 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] Migrate all uses of tcapsh-static to sudotest target.
-
-Since sudotest is mostly the reason for using a static binary, force
-all uses to be under this test target.
-
-Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
-Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
----
- go/Makefile    | 6 +++---
- progs/Makefile | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/go/Makefile b/go/Makefile
-index 19b3e29..508b380 100644
---- a/go/Makefile
-+++ b/go/Makefile
-@@ -70,16 +70,16 @@ ifeq ($(CGO_REQUIRED),0)
- 	CGO_ENABLED="1" CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW="$(CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW)" GOPATH=$(GOPATH) $(GO) build -o $@-cgo $<
- endif
- 
--test: all ../progs/tcapsh-static
-+test: all
- 	CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW="$(CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW)" GOPATH="$(GOPATH)" $(GO) test $(IMPORTDIR)/psx
- 	CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW="$(CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW)" GOPATH="$(GOPATH)" $(GO) test $(IMPORTDIR)/cap
- 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../libcap ./compare-cap
-+
-+sudotest: test ../progs/tcapsh-static
- 	./try-launching
- ifeq ($(CGO_REQUIRED),0)
- 	./try-launching-cgo
- endif
--
--sudotest: test
- 	sudo ./try-launching
- ifeq ($(CGO_REQUIRED),0)
- 	sudo ./try-launching-cgo
-diff --git a/progs/Makefile b/progs/Makefile
-index 1b27c41..f416e59 100644
---- a/progs/Makefile
-+++ b/progs/Makefile
-@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ endif
- 
- DEPS=../libcap/libcap.a ../libcap/libpsx.a
- 
--all: $(BUILD) tcapsh-static
-+all: $(BUILD)
- 
- $(DEPS):
- 	make -C ../libcap all
--- 
-2.26.2
-
diff --git a/package/libcap/libcap.hash b/package/libcap/libcap.hash
index 6af96f7764..8850da0b32 100644
--- a/package/libcap/libcap.hash
+++ b/package/libcap/libcap.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  512a0e5fc4c1e06d472a20da26aa96a9b9bf2a26b23f094f77f1b8da56cc427f  libcap-2.43.tar.xz
+sha256  92188359cd5be86e8e5bd3f6483ac6ce582264f912398937ef763def2205c8e1  libcap-2.44.tar.xz
 
 # Hash for license file:
 sha256  088cabde4662b4121258d298b0b2967bc1abffa134457ed9bc4a359685ab92bc  License
diff --git a/package/libcap/libcap.mk b/package/libcap/libcap.mk
index 3992efeeae..e09bc1a624 100644
--- a/package/libcap/libcap.mk
+++ b/package/libcap/libcap.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBCAP_VERSION = 2.43
+LIBCAP_VERSION = 2.44
 LIBCAP_SITE = https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2
 LIBCAP_SOURCE = libcap-$(LIBCAP_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBCAP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 or BSD-3-Clause
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ LIBCAP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 HOST_LIBCAP_DEPENDENCIES = host-gperf
 
 LIBCAP_MAKE_FLAGS = \
+	CROSS_COMPILE="$(TARGET_CROSS)" \
 	BUILD_CC="$(HOSTCC)" \
 	BUILD_CFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS)" \
 	DYNAMIC=$(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),,yes)
