diff --git a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk
index 8e3b436587..4167fc01ea 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # with 1.0.0 repeat delay is broken. test on upgrade
 
 PKG_NAME="v4l-utils"
-PKG_VERSION="1.8.1"
+PKG_VERSION="1.12.3"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://linuxtv.org/"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-13-relax-protocol-naming.patch b/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-01-relax-protocol-naming.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-13-relax-protocol-naming.patch
rename to packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-01-relax-protocol-naming.patch
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-10-backport-streamzap-fix.patch b/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-10-backport-streamzap-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e7b74e514..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-10-backport-streamzap-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-commit e853648f9ff0682f0b217de541d96f398509ff0b
-Author: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
-Date:   Wed Nov 9 14:13:33 2016 -0200
-
-    ir-keytable: make it possible to select the rc5 streamzap variant
-    
-    It was not possible to select the rc-5-sz protocol.
-    
-    Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
-    Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
-
-diff --git a/utils/keytable/keytable.c b/utils/keytable/keytable.c
-index 3922ad2..202610a 100644
---- a/utils/keytable/keytable.c
-+++ b/utils/keytable/keytable.c
-@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ const struct protocol_map_entry protocol_map[] = {
- 	{ "rc5",	NULL,		SYSFS_RC5	},
- 	{ "rc-5x",	NULL,		SYSFS_INVALID	},
- 	{ "rc5x",	NULL,		SYSFS_INVALID	},
-+	{ "rc-5-sz",	NULL,		SYSFS_RC5_SZ	},
- 	{ "jvc",	"/jvc_decoder",	SYSFS_JVC	},
- 	{ "sony",	"/sony_decoder",SYSFS_SONY	},
- 	{ "sony12",	NULL,		SYSFS_INVALID	},