diff --git a/pkg/openthread/Makefile b/pkg/openthread/Makefile
index aa2bcf94801f024411b47ea1791fe4a4da5e1b1e..863c1af35915031c533d866ea0141f326ec3ad01 100644
--- a/pkg/openthread/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/openthread/Makefile
@@ -43,6 +43,5 @@ ifneq (,$(filter openthread-cli-mtd,$(USEMODULE)))
 	cp $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/output/lib/libopenthread-mtd.a ${BINDIR}/openthread-mtd.a
 	cp $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/output/lib/libopenthread-cli-mtd.a ${BINDIR}/openthread-cli-mtd.a
 endif
-	sed -ie 's/BASE/_BASE/g' $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/output/include/openthread/types.h
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/openthread/patches/0001-fix-macro-conflict.patch b/pkg/openthread/patches/0001-fix-macro-conflict.patch
new file mode 100644
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