diff --git a/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/package.mk b/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/package.mk
index c1432c14d3..3787a69cfd 100644
--- a/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="RTL8188EU"
-PKG_VERSION="a0fff49c4114241a314571b57e3b32c9b0a4c656"
-PKG_SHA256="76026dc8eb17accde69f9c10a7485d637f01fd7a36f3c54aeda1e51b3abe5ada"
+PKG_VERSION="c9280272bcc358e52d57b3f88e42596795b8f6c1"
+PKG_SHA256="e403c5cd3007cdc0d07b062a374e37c808caec914abbd3aa11e7bcfda9feab74"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 # realtek: PKG_SITE="http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=274&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pre_make_target() {
 }
 
 make_target() {
-  make V=1 \
+  make modules \
        ARCH=$TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH \
        KSRC=$(kernel_path) \
        CROSS_COMPILE=$TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX \
diff --git a/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/patches/fix-build-with-5.8.patch b/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/patches/fix-build-with-5.8.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 366d08f273..0000000000
--- a/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8188EU/patches/fix-build-with-5.8.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/hostapd-0.8/src/crypto/sha256-internal.c b/hostapd-0.8/src/crypto/sha256-internal.c
-index b0613739fbc6..c51983c6d633 100644
---- a/hostapd-0.8/src/crypto/sha256-internal.c
-+++ b/hostapd-0.8/src/crypto/sha256-internal.c
-@@ -18,16 +18,10 @@
- #include "sha256.h"
- #include "crypto.h"
- 
--struct sha256_state {
--	u64 length;
--	u32 state[8], curlen;
--	u8 buf[64];
--};
--
--static void sha256_init(struct sha256_state *md);
--static int sha256_process(struct sha256_state *md, const unsigned char *in,
-+static void sha256_init(struct sha256_state_rtw *md);
-+static int sha256_process(struct sha256_state_rtw *md, const unsigned char *in,
- 			  unsigned long inlen);
--static int sha256_done(struct sha256_state *md, unsigned char *out);
-+static int sha256_done(struct sha256_state_rtw *md, unsigned char *out);
- 
- 
- /**
-@@ -41,7 +35,7 @@ static int sha256_done(struct sha256_state *md, unsigned char *out);
- int sha256_vector(size_t num_elem, const u8 *addr[], const size_t *len,
- 		  u8 *mac)
- {
--	struct sha256_state ctx;
-+	struct sha256_state_rtw ctx;
- 	size_t i;
- 
- 	sha256_init(&ctx);
-@@ -94,7 +88,7 @@ static const unsigned long K[64] = {
- #endif
- 
- /* compress 512-bits */
--static int sha256_compress(struct sha256_state *md, unsigned char *buf)
-+static int sha256_compress(struct sha256_state_rtw *md, unsigned char *buf)
- {
- 	u32 S[8], W[64], t0, t1;
- 	u32 t;
-@@ -137,7 +131,7 @@ static int sha256_compress(struct sha256_state *md, unsigned char *buf)
- 
- 
- /* Initialize the hash state */
--static void sha256_init(struct sha256_state *md)
-+static void sha256_init(struct sha256_state_rtw *md)
- {
- 	md->curlen = 0;
- 	md->length = 0;
-@@ -158,7 +152,7 @@ static void sha256_init(struct sha256_state *md)
-    @param inlen  The length of the data (octets)
-    @return CRYPT_OK if successful
- */
--static int sha256_process(struct sha256_state *md, const unsigned char *in,
-+static int sha256_process(struct sha256_state_rtw *md, const unsigned char *in,
- 			  unsigned long inlen)
- {
- 	unsigned long n;
-@@ -199,7 +193,7 @@ static int sha256_process(struct sha256_state *md, const unsigned char *in,
-    @param out [out] The destination of the hash (32 bytes)
-    @return CRYPT_OK if successful
- */
--static int sha256_done(struct sha256_state *md, unsigned char *out)
-+static int sha256_done(struct sha256_state_rtw *md, unsigned char *out)
- {
- 	int i;
- 
-diff --git a/include/rtw_security.h b/include/rtw_security.h
-index 21b9c35ce34c..374e6ca86c47 100644
---- a/include/rtw_security.h
-+++ b/include/rtw_security.h
-@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ struct security_priv {
- 	u8 bWepDefaultKeyIdxSet;
- };
- 
--struct sha256_state {
-+struct sha256_state_rtw {
- 	u64 length;
- 	u32 state[8], curlen;
- 	u8 buf[64];