diff --git a/packages/addons/driver/sapphire/package.mk b/packages/addons/driver/sapphire/package.mk
index 708d95f1cb..e2042fa16e 100644
--- a/packages/addons/driver/sapphire/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/driver/sapphire/package.mk
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 PKG_IS_ADDON="yes"
 PKG_ADDON_NAME="Sapphire Remote Driver"
 PKG_ADDON_TYPE="xbmc.service"
-PKG_ADDON_REPOVERSION="8.0"
+PKG_ADDON_REPOVERSION="7.0"
 
 if [ -f $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h ]; then
   INPUT_H="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h"