diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-eepg/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-eepg/package.mk
index 15a31123cd..aa21a65201 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-eepg/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-eepg/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="vdr-plugin-eepg"
-PKG_VERSION="6be7f2ee644aa33bd6e6e038548be8a85514272e"
-PKG_SHA256="f8698d8e72c4e1239a57ba4a0b2f54020270506d5dce7298f3080fcc8d59f56f"
+PKG_VERSION="0.0.7"
+PKG_SHA256="7ef5ffb0eb26895561215a7e24e4a33123d626c19d59cc0d1ea013c07209bc40"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-eepg"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/vdr-projects/vdr-plugin-eepg/archive/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-eepg/patches/vdr-plugin-eepg-PR2-fix-build-with-vdr-2-7-1.patch b/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-eepg/patches/vdr-plugin-eepg-PR2-fix-build-with-vdr-2-7-1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c90edce43..0000000000
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/vdr-plugins/vdr-plugin-eepg/patches/vdr-plugin-eepg-PR2-fix-build-with-vdr-2-7-1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-From c958894e6a4fffff58b0dc276fc978616560192d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Rudi Heitbaum <rudi@heitbaum.com>
-Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:22:54 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] fix build with vdr 2.7.1
-
----
- eepg.c         | 12 ++++++++++++
- eit2.c         |  8 ++++++++
- epghandler.c   | 13 +++++++++++++
- equivhandler.c |  9 +++++++++
- util.c         |  9 +++++++++
- 5 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/eepg.c b/eepg.c
-index a78819d..d39581d 100644
---- a/eepg.c
-+++ b/eepg.c
-@@ -1324,12 +1324,20 @@ void cFilterEEPG::WriteToSchedule(tChannelID channelID, cSchedules* pSchedules,
-   cEvent *Event = NULL;
-   if (ps/*[eq]*/) {
- 
-+#if APIVERSNUM >= 20502
-+      Event = (cEvent *) ps->GetEventById (EventId); //since Nagra uses consistent EventIds, try this first
-+#else
-       Event = (cEvent *) ps->GetEvent (EventId); //since Nagra uses consistent EventIds, try this first
-+#endif
-       bool TableIdMatches = false;
-       if (Event)
-         TableIdMatches = (Event->TableID() == TableId);
-       if (!Event || !TableIdMatches || abs(Event->StartTime() - (time_t) StartTime) > Duration * 60) //if EventId does not match, or it matched with wrong TableId, then try with StartTime
-+#if APIVERSNUM >= 20502
-+        Event = (cEvent *) ps->GetEventByTime (StartTime);
-+#else
-         Event = (cEvent *) ps->GetEvent (EventId, StartTime);
-+#endif
-   }
-   cEvent *newEvent = NULL;
-   if (!Event) {  //event is new
-@@ -3477,7 +3485,11 @@ void cFilterEEPG::ProcessPremiere(const u_char *& Data)
-               }
- 
-               bool newEvent = false;
-+#if APIVERSNUM >= 20502
-+              cEvent *pEvent = (cEvent *) pSchedule->GetEventById (EventId);
-+#else
-               cEvent *pEvent = (cEvent *) pSchedule->GetEvent (EventId, -1);
-+#endif
-               if (!pEvent) {
-                 LogI(2, "(new)\n");
-                 pEvent = new cEvent (EventId);
-diff --git a/eit2.c b/eit2.c
-index 9ee190d..31aa816 100644
---- a/eit2.c
-+++ b/eit2.c
-@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ cEvent* cEIT2::ProcessEitEvent(cSchedule* pSchedule,const SI::EIT::Event* EitEve
-   //    int versionNumber = getVersionNumber();
- 
-   cEvent *newEvent = NULL;
-+#if APIVERSNUM >= 20502
-+  cEvent *pEvent = (cEvent *) pSchedule->GetEventByTime (EitEvent->getStartTime ());
-+#else
-   cEvent *pEvent = (cEvent *) pSchedule->GetEvent (EitEvent->getEventId (), EitEvent->getStartTime ());
-+#endif
-   if (!pEvent) {
-     if (OnlyRunningStatus)
-       return NULL;
-@@ -243,7 +247,11 @@ void cEIT2::ProcessEventDescriptors(bool ExternalData, int Source, u_char Tid,
-           tChannelID(Source, channel->Nid(), channel->Tid(), tsed->getReferenceServiceId()));
-         if (!rSchedule)
-           break;
-+#if APIVERSNUM >= 20502
-+        rEvent = rSchedule->GetEventById(tsed->getReferenceEventId());
-+#else
-         rEvent = rSchedule->GetEvent(tsed->getReferenceEventId());
-+#endif
-         if (!rEvent)
-           break;
-         pEvent->SetTitle(rEvent->Title());
-diff --git a/epghandler.c b/epghandler.c
-index 1e2db9f..a81bc86 100644
---- a/epghandler.c
-+++ b/epghandler.c
-@@ -66,10 +66,23 @@ bool cEEpgHandler::HandleEitEvent(cSchedule* Schedule,
-   modified = false;
-   //VDR creates new event if the EitEvent StartTime is different than EEPG time so
-   //the EPG event has to be deleted but the data should be kept
-+#if APIVERSNUM >= 20502
-+  const cEvent *ev;
-+  if (EitEvent->getStartTime() > 0){
-+    ev = schedule->GetEventByTime(EitEvent->getStartTime());
-+  } else {
-+    ev = schedule->GetEventById(EitEvent->getEventId());
-+  }
-+#else
-   const cEvent* ev = schedule->GetEvent(EitEvent->getEventId(),EitEvent->getStartTime());
-+#endif
-   searchDuplicates = !ev; //if the event exist with a same start time, it is handled by SetShortText/SetDescription
-   if (!ev){
-+#if APIVERSNUM >= 20502
-+      ev = schedule->GetEventById(EitEvent->getEventId());
-+#else
-       ev = schedule->GetEvent(EitEvent->getEventId());
-+#endif
-       // remove shifted duplicates with same ID
-       if (ev && ((ev->StartTime()>EitEvent->getStartTime() && ev->StartTime() < EitEvent->getStartTime()+EitEvent->getDuration())
-           || (EitEvent->getStartTime() > ev->StartTime() && EitEvent->getStartTime() < ev->EndTime()))) {
-diff --git a/equivhandler.c b/equivhandler.c
-index 75007ec..cd23d38 100644
---- a/equivhandler.c
-+++ b/equivhandler.c
-@@ -143,7 +143,16 @@ void cEquivHandler::updateEquivalent(cSchedules * Schedules, tChannelID channelI
-     if (equChannel) {
-       LogD(2, prep("found Equivalent channel %s"), *equChannelID.ToString());
-       cSchedule *pSchedule = (cSchedule *) Schedules->GetSchedule (equChannel, true);
-+#if APIVERSNUM >= 20502
-+      cEvent *pEqvEvent;
-+      if (pEvent->StartTime() > 0){
-+        pEqvEvent = (cEvent *) pSchedule->GetEventByTime (pEvent->StartTime());
-+      } else {
-+        pEqvEvent = (cEvent *) pSchedule->GetEventById (pEvent->EventID());
-+      }
-+#else
-       cEvent *pEqvEvent = (cEvent *) pSchedule->GetEvent (pEvent->EventID(), pEvent->StartTime());
-+#endif
-       if (pEqvEvent) {
-         LogD(3, prep("equivalent event exists"));
-         if (pEqvEvent == pEvent) {
-diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
-index 1109181..029fcc6 100644
---- a/util.c
-+++ b/util.c
-@@ -214,7 +214,16 @@ void cAddEventThread::Action(void)
-       while (((*it).second->First()) != NULL) {
-         cEvent* event = (*it).second->First();
- 
-+#if APIVERSNUM >= 20502
-+        cEvent *pEqvEvent;
-+        if (event->StartTime() > 0){
-+          pEqvEvent = (cEvent *) schedule->GetEventByTime (event->StartTime());
-+        } else {
-+          pEqvEvent = (cEvent *) schedule->GetEventById (event->EventID());
-+        }
-+#else
-         cEvent *pEqvEvent = (cEvent *) schedule->GetEvent (event->EventID(), event->StartTime());
-+#endif
-         if (pEqvEvent){
-           (*it).second->Del(event);
-         } else {