diff --git a/debian/patches/bts832577-gcry-control.dpatch b/debian/patches/bts832577-gcry-control.dpatch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
-## bts832577-gcry-control.dpatch by Florian Forster <octo@collectd.org>
-## and Sebastian Harl <tokkee@debian.org>
-##
-## DP: network plugin, libcollectdclient: Check return value of gcry_control().
-##
-## Upstream commits:
-## https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/8b4fed99
-## https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/262915c4
-## https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/a3000cbe
-## Upstream report:
-## https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/1665
-
-@DPATCH@
-
-diff a/src/libcollectdclient/network_buffer.c b/src/libcollectdclient/network_buffer.c
---- a/src/libcollectdclient/network_buffer.c
-+++ b/src/libcollectdclient/network_buffer.c
-@@ -131,12 +131,15 @@
- need_init = 0;
-
- #if HAVE_LIBGCRYPT
-- gcry_control (GCRYCTL_SET_THREAD_CBS, &gcry_threads_pthread);
-+ if (gcry_control (GCRYCTL_SET_THREAD_CBS, &gcry_threads_pthread))
-+ return (0);
-
- if (!gcry_check_version (GCRYPT_VERSION))
- return (0);
-
-- gcry_control (GCRYCTL_INIT_SECMEM, 32768, 0);
-+ if (!gcry_control (GCRYCTL_INIT_SECMEM, 32768, 0))
-+ return (0);
-+
- gcry_control (GCRYCTL_INITIALIZATION_FINISHED, 0);
-
- result = 1;
-diff a/src/network.c b/src/network.c
---- a/src/network.c
-+++ b/src/network.c
-@@ -493,13 +493,15 @@
- } /* }}} int network_dispatch_notification */
-
- #if HAVE_LIBGCRYPT
--static void network_init_gcrypt (void) /* {{{ */
-+static int network_init_gcrypt (void) /* {{{ */
- {
-+ gcry_error_t err;
-+
- /* http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gcrypt-devel/2003-August/000458.html
- * Because you can't know in a library whether another library has
- * already initialized the library */
- if (gcry_control (GCRYCTL_ANY_INITIALIZATION_P))
-- return;
-+ return (0);
-
- /* http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gcrypt/Multi_002dThreading.html
- * To ensure thread-safety, it's important to set GCRYCTL_SET_THREAD_CBS
-@@ -508,11 +510,25 @@
- * above doesn't count, as it doesn't implicitly initalize Libgcrypt.
- *
- * tl;dr: keep all these gry_* statements in this exact order please. */
-- gcry_control (GCRYCTL_SET_THREAD_CBS, &gcry_threads_pthread);
-+ err = gcry_control (GCRYCTL_SET_THREAD_CBS, &gcry_threads_pthread);
-+ if (err)
-+ {
-+ ERROR ("network plugin: gcry_control (GCRYCTL_SET_THREAD_CBS) failed: %s", gcry_strerror (err));
-+ return (-1);
-+ }
-+
- gcry_check_version (NULL);
-- gcry_control (GCRYCTL_INIT_SECMEM, 32768);
-+
-+ err = gcry_control (GCRYCTL_INIT_SECMEM, 32768);
-+ if (err)
-+ {
-+ ERROR ("network plugin: gcry_control (GCRYCTL_INIT_SECMEM) failed: %s", gcry_strerror (err));
-+ return (-1);
-+ }
-+
- gcry_control (GCRYCTL_INITIALIZATION_FINISHED);
--} /* }}} void network_init_gcrypt */
-+ return (0);
-+} /* }}} int network_init_gcrypt */
-
- static gcry_cipher_hd_t network_get_aes256_cypher (sockent_t *se, /* {{{ */
- const void *iv, size_t iv_size, const char *username)
-@@ -2050,7 +2066,12 @@
- {
- if (se->data.client.security_level > SECURITY_LEVEL_NONE)
- {
-- network_init_gcrypt ();
-+ if (network_init_gcrypt () < 0)
-+ {
-+ ERROR ("network plugin: Cannot configure client socket with "
-+ "security: Failed to initialize crypto library.");
-+ return (-1);
-+ }
-
- if ((se->data.client.username == NULL)
- || (se->data.client.password == NULL))
-@@ -2070,7 +2091,12 @@
- {
- if (se->data.server.security_level > SECURITY_LEVEL_NONE)
- {
-- network_init_gcrypt ();
-+ if (network_init_gcrypt () < 0)
-+ {
-+ ERROR ("network plugin: Cannot configure server socket with "
-+ "security: Failed to initialize crypto library.");
-+ return (-1);
-+ }
-
- if (se->data.server.auth_file == NULL)
- {
-@@ -3395,7 +3421,11 @@
- have_init = 1;
-
- #if HAVE_LIBGCRYPT
-- network_init_gcrypt ();
-+ if (network_init_gcrypt () < 0)
-+ {
-+ ERROR ("network plugin: Failed to initialize crypto library.");
-+ return (-1);
-+ }
- #endif
-
- if (network_config_stats != 0)