diff --git a/extra/gst-plugins-bad/0001-opencv-allow-compilation-against-4.5.x.patch b/extra/gst-plugins-bad/0001-opencv-allow-compilation-against-4.5.x.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 566521ec8..000000000
--- a/extra/gst-plugins-bad/0001-opencv-allow-compilation-against-4.5.x.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)" <jan.steffens@ltnglobal.com>
-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:24:08 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] opencv: allow compilation against 4.5.x
-
----
- ext/opencv/meson.build | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/ext/opencv/meson.build b/ext/opencv/meson.build
-index 074272a9c..e3d1865da 100644
---- a/ext/opencv/meson.build
-+++ b/ext/opencv/meson.build
-@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if opencv_found
-     endif
-   endforeach
- else
--  opencv_dep = dependency('opencv4', version : ['>= 4.0.0', '< 4.5.0'], required : false)
-+  opencv_dep = dependency('opencv4', version : ['>= 4.0.0', '< 4.6.0'], required : false)
-   opencv_found = opencv_dep.found()
-   if opencv_found
-     foreach h : libopencv4_headers
diff --git a/extra/gst-plugins-bad/PKGBUILD b/extra/gst-plugins-bad/PKGBUILD
index ff4c61998..6ddd39a6d 100644
--- a/extra/gst-plugins-bad/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/gst-plugins-bad/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 pkgbase=gst-plugins-bad
 pkgname=(gst-plugins-bad-libs gst-plugins-bad gst-plugin-opencv)
-pkgver=1.18.0+54+gbd3532008
+pkgver=1.18.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Multimedia graph framework - bad plugins"
 url="https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/"
@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ makedepends=(mjpegtools curl chromaprint libmms faad2 libdca libdvdnav
              zxing-cpp opencv libva)
 checkdepends=(xorg-server-xvfb)
 options=(!emptydirs)
-_commit=bd3532008f2a12377c2d5b56e93cbfa53e1979cf  # 1.18
-source=("git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad.git#commit=$_commit"
-        0001-opencv-allow-compilation-against-4.5.x.patch)
-sha256sums=('SKIP'
-            'b310123298a4de09033c84b6e2a1ec01c7122320cddc3bff655c42c56d21d064')
+_commit=e5c3c106a2da607953fea36e3a253b382c939684  # tags/1.18.1^0
+source=("git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad.git#commit=$_commit")
+sha256sums=('SKIP')
 
 pkgver() {
   cd $pkgbase
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ pkgver() {
 prepare() {
   cd $pkgbase
   git cherry-pick -n 3ea6387f969c0b08027fc959b8b8cd102708bceb  # Fix svthevcenc test
-  git apply -3 ../0001-opencv-allow-compilation-against-4.5.x.patch
+  git cherry-pick -n 77f28ee3e71d1c5bd8278967963b08b226515dd1  # opencv 4.5
 }
 
 build() {