diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index cd6ab687e8..4bdea7da95 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ case "$LINUX" in
     PKG_SOURCE_NAME="linux-$LINUX-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="5.1.5"
-    PKG_SHA256="d79f90f5ca97befbfee4e247204b2ac4f45e7bb03d63a79184bc748cf3cf6ddb"
+    PKG_VERSION="5.1.6"
+    PKG_SHA256="9d68a206b0808d81ce582c861d0bda0d1095bcbd0f181db063665b68fc9cf478"
     PKG_URL="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="default"
     ;;
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/default/linux-999.03-dvbskys960-fix.patch b/packages/linux/patches/default/linux-999.03-dvbskys960-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bc610f8642..0000000000
--- a/packages/linux/patches/default/linux-999.03-dvbskys960-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-From: jahutchi
-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:35:00 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] media: m88ds3103: serialize reset messages in m88ds3103_set_frontend
-
-Ref:
-https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199323
-https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/12452-problems-with-dvbsky-technotrend-usb-dvb-s2-tuners-since-le8/
-
-DVBSky S960/S960C are partly broken since linux kernel commit (4.10rc1)
-https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9d659ae14b545c4296e812c70493bfdc999b5c1c
-
-diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/m88ds3103.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/m88ds3103.c
-index dffd2d4bf1..e495a26e6e 100644
---- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/m88ds3103.c
-+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/m88ds3103.c
-@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ static int m88ds3103_set_frontend(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
- 	u16 u16tmp;
- 	u32 tuner_frequency_khz, target_mclk;
- 	s32 s32tmp;
-+	static const struct reg_sequence reset_buf[] = {{0x07, 0x80}, {0x07, 0x00}};
- 
- 	dev_dbg(&client->dev,
- 		"delivery_system=%d modulation=%d frequency=%u symbol_rate=%d inversion=%d pilot=%d rolloff=%d\n",
-@@ -321,11 +322,7 @@ static int m88ds3103_set_frontend(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
- 	}
- 
- 	/* reset */
--	ret = regmap_write(dev->regmap, 0x07, 0x80);
--	if (ret)
--		goto err;
--
--	ret = regmap_write(dev->regmap, 0x07, 0x00);
-+	ret = regmap_multi_reg_write(dev->regmap, reset_buf, 2);
- 	if (ret)
- 		goto err;
- 
--- 
-2.7.4
-