diff --git a/packages/addons/browser/chromium/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/browser/chromium/changelog.txt
index 9b71490b4f..9d4e565247 100644
--- a/packages/addons/browser/chromium/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/browser/chromium/changelog.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+7.0.101
+- update to version 50.0.2661.75
+
 7.0.100
 - initial LibreELEC release
diff --git a/packages/addons/browser/chromium/package.mk b/packages/addons/browser/chromium/package.mk
index 0ca3a593d9..8388d10114 100644
--- a/packages/addons/browser/chromium/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/browser/chromium/package.mk
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="chromium"
-PKG_VERSION="49.0.2623.87"
-PKG_REV="100"
+PKG_VERSION="50.0.2661.75"
+PKG_REV="101"
 PKG_ARCH="x86_64"
 PKG_LICENSE="Mixed"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.chromium.org/Home"
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ make_target() {
     -Dlinux_use_bundled_binutils=0
     -Dlinux_use_bundled_gold=0
     -Dlinux_use_gold_flags=0
-    -Dicu_use_data_file_flag=0
+    -Dicu_use_data_file_flag=1
     -Dlogging_like_official_build=1
     -Dtracing_like_official_build=1
     -Dfieldtrial_testing_like_official_build=1
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ addon() {
   mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin
   cp -P  $PKG_BUILD/out/Release/chrome $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin/chromium.bin
   cp -P  $PKG_BUILD/out/Release/chrome_sandbox $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin/chrome-sandbox
-  cp -P  $PKG_BUILD/out/Release/{*.pak,*.bin,libwidevinecdmadapter.so} $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin
+  cp -P  $PKG_BUILD/out/Release/{*.pak,*.dat,*.bin,libwidevinecdmadapter.so} $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin
   cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/out/Release/locales $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin/
 
   $STRIP $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin/chromium.bin
@@ -150,9 +150,6 @@ addon() {
   cp -PL $(get_build_dir gtk+)/.install_pkg/usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/lib
   cp -PL $(get_build_dir gtk+)/.install_pkg/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/lib
 
-  # atk
-  # cp -PL $(get_build_dir atk)/.install_pkg/usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/lib
-
   # harfbuzz
   cp -PL $(get_build_dir harfbuzz)/.install_pkg/usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0 $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/lib
 
diff --git a/packages/addons/browser/chromium/patches/chromium-0002_allow-runing-as-root.patch b/packages/addons/browser/chromium/patches/chromium-0002_allow-runing-as-root.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 57b379603f..0000000000
--- a/packages/addons/browser/chromium/patches/chromium-0002_allow-runing-as-root.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/chrome/browser/ui/aura/chrome_browser_main_extra_parts_aura.cc	2015-12-15 12:05:07.000000000 -0800
-+++ b/chrome/browser/ui/aura/chrome_browser_main_extra_parts_aura.cc	2016-01-12 16:08:45.701976368 -0800
-@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@
- #if defined(OS_LINUX) && !defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
-   // Now that we have some minimal ui initialized, check to see if we're
-   // running as root and bail if we are.
--  DetectRunningAsRoot();
- #endif
- }
- 
diff --git a/packages/addons/browser/chromium/patches/chromium-0004_enable-vaapi-on-linux.patch b/packages/addons/browser/chromium/patches/chromium-0004_enable-vaapi-on-linux.patch
index 3af4db7fd1..3fdd7f89ad 100644
--- a/packages/addons/browser/chromium/patches/chromium-0004_enable-vaapi-on-linux.patch
+++ b/packages/addons/browser/chromium/patches/chromium-0004_enable-vaapi-on-linux.patch
@@ -295,13 +295,13 @@ Index: dev.wily/chrome/browser/about_flags.cc
 ===================================================================
 --- dev.wily.orig/chrome/browser/about_flags.cc
 +++ dev.wily/chrome/browser/about_flags.cc
-@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@
-      "disable-accelerated-video-decode",
-      IDS_FLAGS_ACCELERATED_VIDEO_DECODE_NAME,
-      IDS_FLAGS_ACCELERATED_VIDEO_DECODE_DESCRIPTION,
--     kOsMac | kOsWin | kOsCrOS,
-+     kOsAll,
-      SINGLE_DISABLE_VALUE_TYPE(switches::kDisableAcceleratedVideoDecode),
+@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@
+         "disable-accelerated-video-decode",
+         IDS_FLAGS_ACCELERATED_VIDEO_DECODE_NAME,
+         IDS_FLAGS_ACCELERATED_VIDEO_DECODE_DESCRIPTION,
+-        kOsMac | kOsWin | kOsCrOS,
++        kOsAll,
+         SINGLE_DISABLE_VALUE_TYPE(switches::kDisableAcceleratedVideoDecode),
      },
  #if defined(USE_ASH)
 Index: dev.wily/content/common/gpu/media/vaapi_wrapper.cc