diff --git a/extra/blender/.SRCINFO b/extra/blender/.SRCINFO
index 0a69ad199..85a01860c 100644
--- a/extra/blender/.SRCINFO
+++ b/extra/blender/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pkgbase = blender
 	pkgdesc = A fully integrated 3D graphics creation suite
 	pkgver = 4.0.2
-	pkgrel = 2
+	pkgrel = 3
 	epoch = 17
 	url = https://www.blender.org
 	arch = x86_64
diff --git a/extra/blender/PKGBUILD b/extra/blender/PKGBUILD
index 51ee5e5b9..e4dab634e 100644
--- a/extra/blender/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/blender/PKGBUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildarch=8
 
 pkgname=blender
 pkgver=4.0.2
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 epoch=17
 pkgdesc="A fully integrated 3D graphics creation suite"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ sha512sums=('SKIP'
 prepare() {
   cd "$pkgname"
 
-  cp -r "$srcdir"/assets assets
+  # Create expected path for assets
+  mkdir -p "$srcdir"/lib
+  # Copy assets to expected location
+  cp -r "$srcdir"/assets "$srcdir"/lib/assets
+  # Remove this directory to prevent it being packaged
+  rm -r "$srcdir"/lib/assets/.makepkg/
+
+  # Copy addons to expected location
   cp -r "$srcdir"/blender-addons scripts/addons
   cp -r "$srcdir"/blender-addons-contrib scripts/addons_contrib
 
diff --git a/extra/blender/blender-new-sycl.patch b/extra/blender/blender-new-sycl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ec933191..000000000
--- a/extra/blender/blender-new-sycl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-From d7794f3540cc9837173ed375ea5db4651c1c24df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Werner, Stefan" <stefan.werner@intel.com>
-Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2023 11:49:17 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Cycles: Fixed SYCL build with newer compilers
-
----
- intern/cycles/util/math.h | 6 ++++--
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/intern/cycles/util/math.h b/intern/cycles/util/math.h
-index 99415d2ee9b..289bd5d4baf 100644
---- a/intern/cycles/util/math.h
-+++ b/intern/cycles/util/math.h
-@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ using std::isfinite;
- using std::isnan;
- using std::sqrt;
- #  else
--using sycl::sqrt;
- #    define isfinite(x) sycl::isfinite((x))
- #    define isnan(x) sycl::isnan((x))
- #  endif
-@@ -795,7 +794,10 @@ ccl_device float bits_to_01(uint bits)
- 
- #if !defined(__KERNEL_GPU__)
- #  if defined(__GNUC__)
--#    define popcount(x) __builtin_popcount(x)
-+ccl_device_inline uint popcount(uint x)
-+{
-+  return __builtin_popcount(x);
-+}
- #  else
- ccl_device_inline uint popcount(uint x)
- {