diff --git a/srcpkgs/tp_smapi-dkms/patches/linux-6.4.patch b/srcpkgs/tp_smapi-dkms/patches/linux-6.4.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ff1facca07..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/tp_smapi-dkms/patches/linux-6.4.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-From 0c3398b1acf2a2cabd9cee91dc3fe3d35805fa8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Evgeni Golov <evgeni@golov.de>
-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 18:13:54 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] update DEFINE_SEMAPHORE usage for linux 6.4+
-
-Linux changed the DEFINE_SEMAPHORE macro in
-48380368dec14859723b9e3fbd43e042638d9a76, making it take two parameters
-instead of one. Pass an explicit 1 as on 6.4+.
----
- thinkpad_ec.c | 4 +++-
- tp_smapi.c    | 4 +++-
- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/thinkpad_ec.c b/thinkpad_ec.c
-index a8e812f..62ef5ca 100644
---- a/thinkpad_ec.c
-+++ b/thinkpad_ec.c
-@@ -90,8 +90,10 @@ static u64 prefetch_jiffies;                      /* time of prefetch, or: */
- /* Locking: */
- #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,37)
- static DECLARE_MUTEX(thinkpad_ec_mutex);
--#else
-+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(6,4,0)
- static DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(thinkpad_ec_mutex);
-+#else
-+static DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(thinkpad_ec_mutex, 1);
- #endif
- 
- /* Kludge in case the ACPI DSDT reserves the ports we need. */
-diff --git a/tp_smapi.c b/tp_smapi.c
-index 6346287..9feebab 100644
---- a/tp_smapi.c
-+++ b/tp_smapi.c
-@@ -111,8 +111,10 @@ static unsigned short smapi_port;  /* APM control port, normally 0xB2 */
- 
- #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,37)
- static DECLARE_MUTEX(smapi_mutex);
--#else
-+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(6,4,0)
- static DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(smapi_mutex);
-+#else
-+static DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(smapi_mutex, 1);
- #endif
- 
- /**
diff --git a/srcpkgs/tp_smapi-dkms/template b/srcpkgs/tp_smapi-dkms/template
index 74aca4c0877..4aaeb721001 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tp_smapi-dkms/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tp_smapi-dkms/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'tp_smapi-dkms'
 pkgname=tp_smapi-dkms
-version=0.43
-revision=3
+version=0.44
+revision=1
 archs="i686* x86_64*"
 short_desc="IBM ThinkPad hardware functions driver"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Tp_smapi"
 distfiles="https://github.com/evgeni/tp_smapi/releases/download/tp-smapi%2F${version}/tp_smapi-${version}.tgz"
-checksum=bcef9cd045d52a74d719b2a67ac4f5324994a856f123c0fbc55f1d769d367110
+checksum=cccff96e8994bfc9dfe2bec071c4dfb6baf060f988bc338bbab95e639fd4c126
 
 dkms_modules="tp_smapi ${version}"
 depends="dkms"