diff --git a/packages/multimedia/libva-driver-intel/meta b/packages/multimedia/libva-driver-intel/meta
index 2e596b8fab..964f436167 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/libva-driver-intel/meta
+++ b/packages/multimedia/libva-driver-intel/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="libva-driver-intel"
-PKG_VERSION="1.0.15"
+PKG_VERSION="1.0.18"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="i386 x86_64"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/libva-driver-intel/patches.upstream/libva-driver-intel-1.0.15-Sandybridge.patch b/packages/multimedia/libva-driver-intel/patches.upstream/libva-driver-intel-1.0.15-Sandybridge.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 814d667527..0000000000
--- a/packages/multimedia/libva-driver-intel/patches.upstream/libva-driver-intel-1.0.15-Sandybridge.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-From 93059cb9c601e3c49972d190a8e4267e139cbc67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Xiang, Haihao" <haihao.xiang@intel.com>
-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:32:17 +0800
-Subject: [PATCH] workaround for implicit mode weighted prediction on
- Sandybridge
-
-Signed-off-by: Xiang, Haihao <haihao.xiang@intel.com>
----
- src/gen6_mfd.c |   10 +++++++++-
- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/gen6_mfd.c b/src/gen6_mfd.c
-index c4c93f7..823999b 100644
---- a/src/gen6_mfd.c
-+++ b/src/gen6_mfd.c
-@@ -709,7 +709,15 @@ gen6_mfd_avc_slice_state(VADriverContextP ctx,
-     } else {
-         num_ref_idx_l0 = slice_param->num_ref_idx_l0_active_minus1 + 1;
-         num_ref_idx_l1 = slice_param->num_ref_idx_l1_active_minus1 + 1;
--        weighted_pred_idc = (pic_param->pic_fields.bits.weighted_bipred_idc == 1);
-+        weighted_pred_idc = pic_param->pic_fields.bits.weighted_bipred_idc;
-+
-+        if (weighted_pred_idc == 2 &&
-+            !mbaff_picture &&
-+            num_ref_idx_l0 == 1 &&
-+            num_ref_idx_l1 == 1 &&
-+            (slice_param->RefPicList0[0].TopFieldOrderCnt + 
-+             slice_param->RefPicList1[0].TopFieldOrderCnt) == 2 * pic_param->CurrPic.TopFieldOrderCnt)
-+            weighted_pred_idc = 0;
-     }
- 
-     first_mb_in_slice = slice_param->first_mb_in_slice << mbaff_picture;
--- 
-1.7.5.4
-