diff --git a/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/0002-Revert-jsonrpc-remove-ambiguous-and-duplicate-Player.patch b/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/0002-Revert-jsonrpc-remove-ambiguous-and-duplicate-Player.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 29753e797..000000000
--- a/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/0002-Revert-jsonrpc-remove-ambiguous-and-duplicate-Player.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-From 88b3174bdc47bfa7fb0e798ef0d01cd0bdf8e734 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: graysky <graysky@archlinux.us>
-Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 14:42:12 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Revert "[jsonrpc] remove ambiguous and duplicate Player.Seek
- options"
-
-This reverts commit 3801ec4b07d74c81d830c83c799ae90228c5cf2e.
----
- xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/PlayerOperations.cpp | 14 +++++++-------
- xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/schema/methods.json  |  3 +++
- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/PlayerOperations.cpp b/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/PlayerOperations.cpp
-index 8572736bef..d472a6951f 100644
---- a/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/PlayerOperations.cpp
-+++ b/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/PlayerOperations.cpp
-@@ -401,11 +401,11 @@ JSONRPC_STATUS CPlayerOperations::Seek(const std::string &method, ITransportLaye
-         return FailedToExecute;
- 
-       const CVariant& value = parameterObject["value"];
--      if (value.isMember("percentage"))
--        g_application.SeekPercentage(value["percentage"].asFloat());
--      else if (value.isMember("step"))
-+      if (IsType(value, NumberValue) || value.isMember("percentage"))
-+        g_application.SeekPercentage(IsType(value, NumberValue) ? value.asFloat() : value["percentage"].asFloat());
-+      else if (value.isString() || value.isMember("step"))
-       {
--        std::string step = value["step"].asString();
-+        std::string step = value.isString() ? value.asString() : value["step"].asString();
-         if (step == "smallforward")
-           CBuiltins::GetInstance().Execute("playercontrol(smallskipforward)");
-         else if (step == "smallbackward")
-@@ -417,10 +417,10 @@ JSONRPC_STATUS CPlayerOperations::Seek(const std::string &method, ITransportLaye
-         else
-           return InvalidParams;
-       }
--      else if (value.isMember("seconds"))
-+      else if (value.isMember("seconds") && value.size() == 1)
-         g_application.GetAppPlayer().GetSeekHandler().SeekSeconds(static_cast<int>(value["seconds"].asInteger()));
--      else if (value.isMember("time"))
--        g_application.SeekTime(ParseTimeInSeconds(value["time"]));
-+      else if (value.isObject())
-+        g_application.SeekTime(ParseTimeInSeconds(value.isMember("time") ? value["time"] : value));
-       else
-         return InvalidParams;
- 
-diff --git a/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/schema/methods.json b/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/schema/methods.json
-index d23ad943d7..a2e2927b2a 100644
---- a/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/schema/methods.json
-+++ b/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/schema/methods.json
-@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@
-     "params": [
-       { "name": "playerid", "$ref": "Player.Id", "required": true },
-       { "name": "value", "required": true, "type": [
-+          { "$ref": "Player.Position.Percentage", "required": true, "description": "Percentage value to seek to" },
-+          { "$ref": "Player.Position.Time", "required": true, "description": "Time to seek to" },
-+          { "type": "string", "enum": [ "smallforward", "smallbackward", "bigforward", "bigbackward" ], "required": true, "description": "Seek by predefined jumps" },
-           { "type": "object", "properties": { "percentage": { "$ref": "Player.Position.Percentage", "required": true, "description": "Percentage value to seek to" } }, "additionalProperties": false, "required": true },
-           { "type": "object", "properties": { "time": { "$ref": "Player.Position.Time", "required": true, "description": "Time to seek to" } }, "additionalProperties": false, "required": true },
-           { "type": "object", "properties": { "step": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "smallforward", "smallbackward", "bigforward", "bigbackward" ], "required": true, "description": "Seek by predefined jumps" } }, "additionalProperties": false, "required": true },
--- 
-2.30.0
-
diff --git a/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/PKGBUILD b/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/PKGBUILD
index 5e5291a26..8aced276c 100644
--- a/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/PKGBUILD
+++ b/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/PKGBUILD
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ _commitnumber=57039
 _commit=46685b10c76b523eac8f38119c4705b618213235
 
 pkgver="19.0rc1.$_commitnumber.${_commit:0:10}"
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 arch=('armv7h' 'aarch64')
 url="https://github.com/popcornmix/xbmc/tree/gbm"
 license=('GPL2')
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ source=(
   tmpfiles.conf
   use-mcpu-avoiding-march-and-mtune.patch
   0001-mcpu-cortex-application-to-ffmpeg.patch
-  0002-Revert-jsonrpc-remove-ambiguous-and-duplicate-Player.patch
 )
 backup=(boot/kodi.config.txt)
 noextract=(
@@ -118,10 +117,6 @@ prepare() {
   
   # patch kodi build system to apply the patch we just copied over
   patch -Np1 -i ../0001-mcpu-cortex-application-to-ffmpeg.patch
-
-  # this causes issues for the official iOS app which are not yet addressed
-  # see: https://github.com/xbmc/Official-Kodi-Remote-iOS/issues/95
-  patch -Np1 -i ../0002-Revert-jsonrpc-remove-ambiguous-and-duplicate-Player.patch
 }
 
 build() {