diff --git a/community/nodejs/6.8.0-build-fix.patch b/community/nodejs/6.8.0-build-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e57f5caac..000000000
--- a/community/nodejs/6.8.0-build-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From fc164acbbb700fd50ab9c04b47fc1b2687e9c0f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Bradley T. Hughes" <bradleythughes@fastmail.fm>
-Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 07:38:38 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] build: add -DZLIB_CONST when building with --shared-zlib
-
-Commit 782620f added the define only when building with the bundled
-zlib. Using a shared zlib results in build breakage:
-
-../src/inspector_agent.cc:179:16: error: assigning to 'Bytef *' (aka 'unsigned char *') from incompatible type
-      'const uint8_t *' (aka 'const unsigned char *')
-  strm.next_in = PROTOCOL_JSON + 3;
-               ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-1 error generated.
----
- node.gyp | 2 ++
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
-index fa98547..d799ba1 100644
---- a/node.gyp
-+++ b/node.gyp
-@@ -480,6 +480,8 @@
-         }],
-         [ 'node_shared_zlib=="false"', {
-           'dependencies': [ 'deps/zlib/zlib.gyp:zlib' ],
-+        }, {
-+          'defines': [ 'ZLIB_CONST' ],
-         }],
- 
-         [ 'node_shared_http_parser=="false"', {
diff --git a/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD b/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD
index 23bacce96..3d054f8da 100644
--- a/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Contributor: Jason Plum <jplum@archlinuxarm.org>
 
 pkgname=nodejs
-pkgver=6.8.0
+pkgver=6.8.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Evented I/O for V8 javascript'
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ depends=('openssl' 'zlib' 'icu' 'libuv' 'http-parser') # 'v8')
 makedepends=('python2' 'procps-ng' 'git')
 optdepends=('npm: nodejs package manager')
 source=("nodejs::git+https://github.com/nodejs/node.git#tag=v$pkgver"
-        6.8.0-build-fix.patch
         '0001-arm-fixes.patch')
 sha256sums=('SKIP'
-            'bc9c4c1fcef55e6163daf7c4ee882d8a23973e16e28fea508ee72478cb9941fa'
             'eaeb2f55bd3390c50b8bb2bfe73131eb0fea20cccee88ed66331da93c1746fb6')
 
 set_flags_for_arm() {
@@ -48,9 +46,6 @@ set_flags_for_arm() {
 prepare() {
   cd nodejs
 
-  # https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/9076
-  patch -p1 -i ../6.8.0-build-fix.patch
-
   patch -p1 -i ../0001-arm-fixes.patch
 
   msg 'Fixing for python2 name'