diff --git a/packages/sysutils/eventlircd/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/eventlircd/package.mk
index 88f3118c44..c5b769951c 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/eventlircd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/eventlircd/package.mk
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="eventlircd"
-PKG_VERSION="7faaf9d"
-PKG_SHA256="29addc90720c76d8f6f89269fe06b45825d8f12fac104034942481212eb59495"
+PKG_VERSION="3b753e9"
+PKG_SHA256="4eca52d0570fa568b3296a2c9bc2af252423e25c1a67654bd79680fc5a93092a"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/LibreELEC/eventlircd"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/eventlircd/patches/eventlircd-001-PR2-fix-gcc7.patch b/packages/sysutils/eventlircd/patches/eventlircd-001-PR2-fix-gcc7.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 96546cc4d4..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/eventlircd/patches/eventlircd-001-PR2-fix-gcc7.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-From aae3b1193025ccec332da4165d46502f9685aea4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Sascha Kuehndel (InuSasha)" <dev@inusasha.de>
-Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 16:08:14 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] make fallthru explicit, fixes compile error in gcc7
-
----
- src/main.c | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
-index f6c50fa..d0fb25a 100644
---- a/src/main.c
-+++ b/src/main.c
-@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv)
-                 {
-                     syslog(LOG_WARNING, "the highest verbosity level is -vvv\n");
-                 }
-+                /* FALLTHRU */
-             case 'f':
-                 foreground = true;
-                 break;