diff --git a/extra/qemu/PKGBUILD b/extra/qemu/PKGBUILD
index d26ea978a..81a268038 100644
--- a/extra/qemu/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/qemu/PKGBUILD
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ pkgbase=qemu
 pkgname=(qemu qemu-headless qemu-arch-extra qemu-headless-arch-extra
          qemu-block-{iscsi,rbd,gluster} qemu-guest-agent)
 pkgdesc="A generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer"
-pkgver=2.11.1
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=2.12.0
+pkgrel=1
 arch=(x86_64)
 license=(GPL2 LGPL2.1)
 url="http://wiki.qemu.org/"
@@ -24,14 +24,12 @@ makedepends=(spice-protocol python2 ceph libiscsi glusterfs)
 source=(https://download.qemu.org/qemu-$pkgver.tar.xz{,.sig}
         qemu-ga.service
         65-kvm.rules
-        remove-problematic-evdev-86-key-from-en-us-keymap.patch
         allow_elf64.patch)
-sha256sums=('8a5145d1f8bd2eadc6776f3e13c68cd28d01349e30639bdbcb26ac588d668686'
+sha256sums=('e69301f361ff65bf5dabd8a19196aeaa5613c1b5ae1678f0823bdf50e7d5c6fc'
             'SKIP'
             'c39bcde4a09165e64419fd2033b3532378bba84d509d39e2d51694d44c1f8d88'
             'a66f0e791b16b03b91049aac61a25950d93e962e1b2ba64a38c6ad7f609b532c'
-            '3cefabbab32ab21cd3b5a8cc1165c96db0c6c93e7ee8dc9d2ca09be5fb5eccda'
-            '13a6d9e678bdc9e1f051006cfd0555f5a80582368f54c8a1bb5a78ece3832ac4')
+            '59751f1ed26ea61b2a37ebee4be6979e584a450b611282138a0893aa9173e2e4')
 validpgpkeys=('CEACC9E15534EBABB82D3FA03353C9CEF108B584')
 
 case $CARCH in
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@ prepare() {
   cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
   sed -i 's/vte-2\.90/vte-2.91/g' configure
 
-  patch -p1 < ../remove-problematic-evdev-86-key-from-en-us-keymap.patch
   patch -p1 < ../allow_elf64.patch
 }
 
diff --git a/extra/qemu/allow_elf64.patch b/extra/qemu/allow_elf64.patch
index 07f27a038..0c5f6917c 100644
--- a/extra/qemu/allow_elf64.patch
+++ b/extra/qemu/allow_elf64.patch
@@ -1,24 +1,22 @@
-commit 3c72765ec760a51f0e879dc792be82c93141e318
+commit cb61bc8a42da1a971079767e63df4503b6ab2efb
 Author: Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@gmail.com>
-Date:   Tue Jun 6 20:07:03 2017 -0700
+Date:   Mon Jan 29 10:08:53 2018 -0800
 
-    Remove restriction that prevents bootimg elf64 images
+    multiboot: Make elf64 loading functionality compatible with GRUB
     
-    It is possible to create a 64 bit elf image that has valid multiboot header.
-    qemu should be able to boot such images.
-    
-    Signed-off-by: Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@gmail.com>
+    GRUB is a reference multiboot implementation and supports loading elf64
+    binaries. Make QEMU to work similar was as GRUB.
 
 diff --git a/hw/i386/multiboot.c b/hw/i386/multiboot.c
-index 663f35a658..cf1b4f5fb3 100644
+index 5bc0a2cddb..0907e42a39 100644
 --- a/hw/i386/multiboot.c
 +++ b/hw/i386/multiboot.c
-@@ -192,11 +192,6 @@ int load_multiboot(FWCfgState *fw_cfg,
+@@ -193,11 +193,6 @@ int load_multiboot(FWCfgState *fw_cfg,
          int kernel_size;
          fclose(f);
  
 -        if (((struct elf64_hdr*)header)->e_machine == EM_X86_64) {
--            fprintf(stderr, "Cannot load x86-64 image, give a 32bit one.\n");
+-            error_report("Cannot load x86-64 image, give a 32bit one.");
 -            exit(1);
 -        }
 -
diff --git a/extra/qemu/remove-problematic-evdev-86-key-from-en-us-keymap.patch b/extra/qemu/remove-problematic-evdev-86-key-from-en-us-keymap.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 837be8259..000000000
--- a/extra/qemu/remove-problematic-evdev-86-key-from-en-us-keymap.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-From 2c25ad161d7714f15b1951c69c50844ea81f4186 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
-Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:43:07 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH] Remove problematic 'evdev 86' key from en-us keymap
-
-This causes LP#1738283. Gerd will have to come up with a better
-fix, but just hacking out the problematic key definition should
-work for now.
----
- pc-bios/keymaps/en-us | 6 ------
- 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/pc-bios/keymaps/en-us b/pc-bios/keymaps/en-us
-index a70e03adc0..e518a9dc35 100644
---- a/pc-bios/keymaps/en-us
-+++ b/pc-bios/keymaps/en-us
-@@ -343,12 +343,6 @@ KP_Decimal 0x53 numlock
- 
- # evdev 85 (0x55): no evdev -> QKeyCode mapping (xkb keysym NoSymbol)
- 
--# evdev 86 (0x56), QKeyCode "less", number 0x56
--less 0x56
--greater 0x56 shift
--bar 0x56 altgr
--brokenbar 0x56 shift altgr
--
- # evdev 87 (0x57), QKeyCode "f11", number 0x57
- F11 0x57
- 
--- 
-2.15.1
-