diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/package.mk b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/package.mk
index 62bea8cb84..ed15db90b7 100644
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="xf86-video-nvidia"
-PKG_VERSION="331.38"
+PKG_VERSION="331.49"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="i386 x86_64"
 PKG_LICENSE="nonfree"
diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches/xf86-video-nvidia-01-kernel-3.13.patch b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches/xf86-video-nvidia-01-kernel-3.13.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ce33d7d4b4..0000000000
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches/xf86-video-nvidia-01-kernel-3.13.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/kernel/nv-acpi.c b/kernel/nv-acpi.c
-index b0138cd..756f330 100644
---- a/kernel/nv-acpi.c
-+++ b/kernel/nv-acpi.c
-@@ -303,8 +303,11 @@ static int nv_acpi_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type)
- 
-     if (pNvAcpiObject->notify_handler_installed)
-     {
-+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0)
-+/* beginning with 3.13, acpi_remove_notify_handler() waits for events to finish */
-         NV_ACPI_OS_WAIT_EVENTS_COMPLETE();
- 
-+#endif
-         // remove event notifier
-         status = acpi_remove_notify_handler(device->handle, ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY, nv_acpi_event);
-     }