diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index e7de4cc612..28fea10b32 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="kodi"
-PKG_VERSION="251a25f0022bd889012ddd2cdc7f8935020327ba"
-PKG_SHA256="fe126835c62dc5eb0e9e909323f6f19667141559850d928219b13ce845793ef3"
+PKG_VERSION="fb44880453243477a1ef1857d5555d71b00433cb"
+PKG_SHA256="802679294951936148c9a53b0dd3666098c6fa35cb88c4d36c508d0af2a8b6a6"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.kodi.tv"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/archive/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.99-PR25981-EGL_KHR_partial_update.patch b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.99-PR25981-EGL_KHR_partial_update.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 922231bc02..0000000000
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.99-PR25981-EGL_KHR_partial_update.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-From 67415370fd17eea05e5d93c3e4562c13145d9cee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: sarbes <sarbes@kodi.tv>
-Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 22:47:32 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix rendering for EGL_KHR_partial_update enabled platforms
-
----
- xbmc/guilib/GUIWindowManager.cpp | 5 ++++-
- xbmc/utils/EGLUtils.cpp          | 9 ++++++---
- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/xbmc/guilib/GUIWindowManager.cpp b/xbmc/guilib/GUIWindowManager.cpp
-index 8d7802e4b672e..4f893c4dd3577 100644
---- a/xbmc/guilib/GUIWindowManager.cpp
-+++ b/xbmc/guilib/GUIWindowManager.cpp
-@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
- #include "settings/windows/GUIWindowSettingsCategory.h"
- #include "settings/windows/GUIWindowSettingsScreenCalibration.h"
- #include "threads/SingleLock.h"
-+#include "utils/Geometry.h"
- #include "utils/StringUtils.h"
- #include "utils/URIUtils.h"
- #include "utils/Variant.h"
-@@ -1367,7 +1368,6 @@ bool CGUIWindowManager::Render()
-     m_tracker.CleanMarkedRegions(10);
- 
-   CDirtyRegionList dirtyRegions = m_tracker.GetDirtyRegions();
--  CServiceBroker::GetWinSystem()->SetDirtyRegions(dirtyRegions);
- 
-   bool hasRendered = false;
-   // If we visualize the regions we will always render the entire viewport
-@@ -1394,6 +1394,9 @@ bool CGUIWindowManager::Render()
-       if (i.IsEmpty())
-         continue;
- 
-+      if (!hasRendered)
-+        CServiceBroker::GetWinSystem()->SetDirtyRegions(dirtyRegions);
-+
-       CServiceBroker::GetWinSystem()->GetGfxContext().SetScissors(i);
-       RenderPass();
-       hasRendered = true;
-diff --git a/xbmc/utils/EGLUtils.cpp b/xbmc/utils/EGLUtils.cpp
-index 01867354cf363..a7cf808043694 100644
---- a/xbmc/utils/EGLUtils.cpp
-+++ b/xbmc/utils/EGLUtils.cpp
-@@ -667,13 +667,16 @@ void CEGLContextUtils::SetDamagedRegions(const CDirtyRegionList& dirtyRegions)
-   }
-   else
-   {
--    EGLint height = eglQuerySurface(m_eglDisplay, m_eglSurface, EGL_HEIGHT, &height);
-+    EGLint height;
-+    eglQuerySurface(m_eglDisplay, m_eglSurface, EGL_HEIGHT, &height);
-     std::vector<Rect> rects;
-     rects.reserve(dirtyRegions.size());
-     for (const auto& region : dirtyRegions)
-     {
--      rects.push_back({static_cast<EGLint>(region.x1), static_cast<EGLint>(height - region.y2),
--                       static_cast<EGLint>(region.Width()), static_cast<EGLint>(region.Height())});
-+      rects.push_back({static_cast<EGLint>(std::round(region.x1)),
-+                       static_cast<EGLint>(std::round(height - region.y2)),
-+                       static_cast<EGLint>(std::round(region.Width())),
-+                       static_cast<EGLint>(std::round(region.Height()))});
-     }
-     m_eglSetDamageRegionKHR(m_eglDisplay, m_eglSurface, reinterpret_cast<EGLint*>(rects.data()),
-                             rects.size());