diff --git a/community/mysql-workbench/0002-mysql-connector-c++-json.patch b/community/mysql-workbench/0002-mysql-connector-c++-json.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a0225dab..000000000
--- a/community/mysql-workbench/0002-mysql-connector-c++-json.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/cppconn/datatype.h b/cppconn/datatype.h
-index 7ada3bc..50c71cf 100644
---- a/cppconn/datatype.h
-+++ b/cppconn/datatype.h
-@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ public:
- 		GEOMETRY,
- 		ENUM,
- 		SET,
--		SQLNULL
-+		SQLNULL,
-+		JSON
- 	};
- };
- 
-diff --git a/driver/mysql_metadata.cpp b/driver/mysql_metadata.cpp
-index 8d3ef8b..2faf454 100644
---- a/driver/mysql_metadata.cpp
-+++ b/driver/mysql_metadata.cpp
-@@ -4736,6 +4736,9 @@ MySQL_ConnectionMetaData::supportsConvert(int fromType, int toType)
- 			}
- 		}
- 
-+		case sql::DataType::JSON:
-+			return false;
-+
- 		// MySQL doesn't support a NULL type
- 		case sql::DataType::SQLNULL:
- 			return false;
-diff --git a/driver/mysql_util.cpp b/driver/mysql_util.cpp
-index af5a7f4..3283eca 100644
---- a/driver/mysql_util.cpp
-+++ b/driver/mysql_util.cpp
-@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@ mysql_type_to_datatype(const MYSQL_FIELD * const field)
- 			return sql::DataType::SET;
- 		case MYSQL_TYPE_GEOMETRY:
- 			return sql::DataType::GEOMETRY;
-+		case MYSQL_TYPE_JSON:
-+			return sql::DataType::JSON;
- 		default:
- 			return sql::DataType::UNKNOWN;
- 	}
diff --git a/community/mysql-workbench/PKGBUILD b/community/mysql-workbench/PKGBUILD
index 187201e2c..42e67f87c 100644
--- a/community/mysql-workbench/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/mysql-workbench/PKGBUILD
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
 pkgname=mysql-workbench
 pkgver=6.3.6
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 _mysql_version=5.7.10
-_connector_version=1.1.6
+_connector_version=1.1.7
 _gdal_version=2.0.1
 _boost_version=1.59.0
 pkgdesc='A cross-platform, visual database design tool developed by MySQL'
@@ -37,19 +37,17 @@ source=("http://cdn.mysql.com/Downloads/MySQLGUITools/mysql-workbench-community-
 	"https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/${_boost_version}/boost_${_boost_version//./_}.tar.bz2"
 	'http://www.antlr3.org/download/antlr-3.4-complete.jar'
 	'0001-mysql-workbench-no-check-for-updates.patch'
-	'0002-mysql-connector-c++-json.patch'
 	'arch_linux_profile.xml')
 sha256sums=('c51fce1a3fd9425dd9adf4d16e24e84f92e2f8374b43a956f580fd84d03afe62'
             'SKIP'
             '1ea1644884d086a23eafd8ccb04d517fbd43da3a6a06036f23c5c3a111e25c74'
             'SKIP'
-            'ad710b3900cae3be94656825aa70319cf7a96e1ad46bf93e07275f3606f69447'
+            '5b353fbcd26f607a2a0987ce78a4b811f8971813d46b0f4ae6fa07887e9fc763'
             'SKIP'
             'b55f794768e104a2fd0304eaa61bb8bda3dc7c4e14f2c9d0913baca3e55b83ab'
             '727a932322d94287b62abb1bd2d41723eec4356a7728909e38adb65ca25241ca'
             '9d3e866b610460664522520f73b81777b5626fb0a282a5952b9800b751550bf7'
             'b189e15c6b6f5a707357d9a9297f39ee3a33264fd28b44d5de6f537f851f82cf'
-            '4beb8b6c92f6b2b2189bfdd2f1a073ad54d501f05ef4686e47c661b40f63b9d3'
             '2ade582ca25f6d6d748bc84a913de39b34dcaa6e621a77740fe143007f2833af')
 
 prepare() {
@@ -63,10 +61,6 @@ prepare() {
 	sed -i '/^FIND_PROGRAM(PYTHON_EXEC /c FIND_PROGRAM(PYTHON_EXEC "python2")' \
 		CMakeLists.txt
 
-	# MySQL connector C++ is lagging behind and misses JSON support
-	cd "${srcdir}/mysql-connector-c++-${_connector_version}/"
-	patch -Np1 < "${srcdir}"/0002-mysql-connector-c++-json.patch
-
 	# put antlr into place
 	install -D ${srcdir}/antlr-3.4-complete.jar ${srcdir}/linux-res/bin/antlr-3.4-complete.jar
 }