diff --git a/core/linux-armv5-rc/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-armv5-rc/PKGBUILD
index cd76f96ef..fdaed0daf 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv5-rc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-armv5-rc/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 buildarch=2
 
 _rcver=4.8
-_rcrel=6
+_rcrel=7
 
 pkgbase=linux-armv5-rc
 _srcname=linux-4.$((${_rcver##*.}-1))
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ source=("http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/${_srcname}.tar.xz"
         '0003-net-smsc95xx-Allow-mac-address-to-be-set-as-a-parame.patch'
         'config')
 md5sums=('5276563eb1f39a048e4a8a887408c031'
-         '5c667b81145f4ebdc27d2716eab35eb5'
+         'f3c565cb3f80b13e7e78fcde4ac87b8b'
          'f09c336bd3d1ad79602c6050e695b098'
          'f125930e96c46d14ca757e710e26ae34'
          '54d78627bfeae847edae8f97d572479c'
-         'f34a04bcdd4ff1ff9ed5d62192e29865')
+         '04e8b83be4eafd9c9646d5bec6d5a772')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_srcname}"
diff --git a/core/linux-armv5-rc/config b/core/linux-armv5-rc/config
index 4145f0160..c0014422f 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv5-rc/config
+++ b/core/linux-armv5-rc/config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/arm 4.8.0-rc5-1 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/arm 4.8.0-rc7-1 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARM_HAS_SG_CHAIN=y
@@ -1768,7 +1768,6 @@ CONFIG_FIXED_PHY=y
 # CONFIG_MDIO_BCM_UNIMAC is not set
 # CONFIG_INTEL_XWAY_PHY is not set
 # CONFIG_MDIO_HISI_FEMAC is not set
-# CONFIG_MDIO_XGENE is not set
 # CONFIG_MICREL_KS8995MA is not set
 CONFIG_PPP=m
 CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m