diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index 0ecc3f8405..22acb6f17c 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ case "$LINUX" in
     PKG_SOURCE_NAME="linux-$LINUX-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="5.4.5"
-    PKG_SHA256="568e9f27fbba86131c2e2849f296d54216e2ed3e8c4d8aa78a93b417cab23ec0"
+    PKG_VERSION="5.4.6"
+    PKG_SHA256="fda561bcdea397ddd59656319c53871002938b19b554f30efed90affa30989c8"
     PKG_URL="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="default"
     ;;
diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/default/linux-999-fix-broken-alsa-on-nvidia-bko205855.patch b/packages/linux/patches/default/linux-999-fix-broken-alsa-on-nvidia-bko205855.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 70664371fe..0000000000
--- a/packages/linux/patches/default/linux-999-fix-broken-alsa-on-nvidia-bko205855.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/sound/hda/hdac_stream.c b/sound/hda/hdac_stream.c
-index f9707fb05efe..682ed39f79b0 100644
---- a/sound/hda/hdac_stream.c
-+++ b/sound/hda/hdac_stream.c
-@@ -120,10 +120,8 @@ void snd_hdac_stream_clear(struct hdac_stream *azx_dev)
- 	snd_hdac_stream_updateb(azx_dev, SD_CTL,
- 				SD_CTL_DMA_START | SD_INT_MASK, 0);
- 	snd_hdac_stream_writeb(azx_dev, SD_STS, SD_INT_MASK); /* to be sure */
--	if (azx_dev->stripe) {
-+	if (azx_dev->stripe)
- 		snd_hdac_stream_updateb(azx_dev, SD_CTL_3B, SD_CTL_STRIPE_MASK, 0);
--		azx_dev->stripe = 0;
--	}
- 	azx_dev->running = false;
- }
- EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_stream_clear);
-diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
-index 78647ee02339..630b1f5c276d 100644
---- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
-+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c
-@@ -2021,6 +2021,8 @@ static int hdmi_pcm_close(struct hda_pcm_stream *hinfo,
- 		per_cvt->assigned = 0;
- 		hinfo->nid = 0;
- 
-+		azx_stream(get_azx_dev(substream))->stripe = 0;
-+
- 		mutex_lock(&spec->pcm_lock);
- 		snd_hda_spdif_ctls_unassign(codec, pcm_idx);
- 		clear_bit(pcm_idx, &spec->pcm_in_use);