diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/meta b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/meta
index d6e23b42d2..eff250db6a 100644
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/meta
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="xf86-video-nvidia"
-PKG_VERSION="319.60"
+PKG_VERSION="319.72"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="i386 x86_64"
 PKG_LICENSE="nonfree"
diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches.upstream/kernel-3.12-fix.patch b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches.upstream/kernel-3.12-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 817364b7af..0000000000
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches.upstream/kernel-3.12-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/kernel/nv-drm.c b/kernel/nv-drm.c
-index 1e41c6e..fb8d1bd 100644
---- a/kernel/nv-drm.c
-+++ b/kernel/nv-drm.c
-@@ -201,12 +201,7 @@ RM_STATUS NV_API_CALL nv_alloc_os_descriptor_handle(
-     memset(&nv_obj->base, 0, sizeof(nv_obj->base));
-     nv_obj->pages = pages;
- 
--    ret = drm_gem_private_object_init(nvl->drm, &nv_obj->base, size);
--    if (ret)
--    {
--        status = RM_ERR_OPERATING_SYSTEM;
--        goto done;
--    }
-+    drm_gem_private_object_init(nvl->drm, &nv_obj->base, size);
- 
-     ret = drm_gem_handle_create(file_priv, &nv_obj->base, handle);
-     if (ret)
-diff --git a/kernel/nv-linux.h b/kernel/nv-linux.h
-index baa3e38..c99c5dc 100644
---- a/kernel/nv-linux.h
-+++ b/kernel/nv-linux.h
-@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ static inline int nv_execute_on_all_cpus(void (*func)(void *info), void *info)
- #endif
- 
- #if !defined(NV_VMWARE)
--#define NV_NUM_PHYSPAGES                num_physpages
-+#define NV_NUM_PHYSPAGES                get_num_physpages()
- #define NV_GET_CURRENT_PROCESS()        current->tgid
- #define NV_IN_ATOMIC()                  in_atomic()
- #define NV_LOCAL_BH_DISABLE()           local_bh_disable()