diff --git a/extra/cantor/PKGBUILD b/extra/cantor/PKGBUILD
index 239f38e53..3e2298b85 100644
--- a/extra/cantor/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/cantor/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 #  - drop julia make/optdepends, doesn't build on ARM
 
 pkgname=cantor
-pkgver=16.12.0
-pkgrel=3
+pkgver=16.12.1
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="KDE Frontend to Mathematical Software"
 url="http://kde.org/applications/education/cantor/"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -24,19 +24,13 @@ optdepends=('maxima: Maxima backend'
             'sagemath: SageMath backend')
 conflicts=('kdeedu-cantor')
 replaces=('kdeedu-cantor')
-source=("http://download.kde.org/stable/applications/${pkgver}/src/cantor-${pkgver}.tar.xz"{,.sig}
-        cantor-python3.6.patch::"https://cgit.kde.org/cantor.git/patch/?id=2c67377")
-sha1sums=('58498ba930688dd948c9796e06998bde9ec5c160'
-          'SKIP'
-          '4778cda4f5289f0bd9ab1c7943c9e16c7f82197a')
+source=("http://download.kde.org/stable/applications/${pkgver}/src/cantor-${pkgver}.tar.xz"{,.sig})
+sha1sums=('1acb273d10288004173214415dcf1d0f160fe8a0'
+          'SKIP')
 validpgpkeys=(CA262C6C83DE4D2FB28A332A3A6A4DB839EAA6D7) # Albert Astals Cid <aacid@kde.org>
 
 prepare() {
   mkdir -p build
-
-# Fix python3 backend build with python 3.6
-  cd $pkgname-$pkgver
-  patch -p1 -i ../cantor-python3.6.patch
 }
 
 build() {