diff --git a/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk b/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk
index 2f188c7101..a248d60313 100644
--- a/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="qemu"
-PKG_VERSION="8.1.0"
-PKG_SHA256="710c101198e334d4762eef65f649bc43fa8a5dd75303554b8acfec3eb25f0e55"
+PKG_VERSION="8.0.3"
+PKG_SHA256="ecf4d32cbef9d397bfc8cc50e4d1e92a1b30253bf32e8ee73c7a8dcf9a232b09"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.qemu.org"
 PKG_URL="https://download.qemu.org/qemu-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
diff --git a/packages/tools/qemu/patches/python.patch b/packages/tools/qemu/patches/python.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f09d08e55..0000000000
--- a/packages/tools/qemu/patches/python.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/configure	2023-07-27 09:58:05.337334830 +0000
-+++ b/configure	2023-07-27 09:57:58.300630393 +0000
-@@ -950,6 +950,8 @@
-     mkvenv_flags="--online"
- fi
- 
-+ln -s ${source_path}/../../toolchain/bin/meson pyvenv/bin/meson
-+
- if ! $mkvenv ensure \
-      $mkvenv_flags \
-      --dir "${source_path}/python/wheels" \