diff --git a/platformio.ini b/platformio.ini
index a1db5c7a1..8f4c447c5 100644
--- a/platformio.ini
+++ b/platformio.ini
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ lib_deps =
   https://github.com/Aircoookie/GifDecoder.git#bc3af189b6b1e06946569f6b4287f0b79a860f8e
   https://github.com/jonny190/NeoPixelBus.git#wled-c5-stable ;; wled-c5-stable for C5 support: I2S exclusion, bit-bang CSR/GPIO, channel ctor overload
   https://github.com/netmindz/esp_dmx/#esp-idf-v5-fixes
+  https://github.com/softhack007/FastLED.git#ESP32-C6 ;; patched version that avoids RMT driver conflicts when building with -D FASTLED_NO_FASTLED, and is overall less buggy and bloated
   ${env.lib_deps}
 lib_ignore = ${esp32_idf_V5.lib_ignore}
   esp_dmx  ;; esp_dmx library doesn't support C5 UART registers yet