diff --git a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/0001-add-compile-time-flag-to-disable-Go-GC-MR-56.patch b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/0001-add-compile-time-flag-to-disable-Go-GC-MR-56.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b9a0462b..000000000
--- a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/0001-add-compile-time-flag-to-disable-Go-GC-MR-56.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-From d63e60061419cb1cb1591c9f7f5f238d1201b7f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Clayton Craft <clayton@craftyguy.net>
-Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 08:11:19 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] add compile-time flag to disable Go GC (MR 56)
-
-I hate this, but it's the only good way I could find to allow working around this ugly QEMU bug:
-https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2560
----
- Makefile             | 5 +++++
- cmd/mkinitfs/main.go | 8 ++++++++
- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index e4fbcdd..0b1e841 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ GOFLAGS?=
- LDFLAGS+=-s -w -X main.Version=$(VERSION)
- RM?=rm -f
- GOTEST=go test -count=1 -race
-+DISABLE_GOGC?=
-+
-+ifeq ($(DISABLE_GOGC),1)
-+	LDFLAGS+=-X main.DisableGC=true
-+endif
- 
- GOSRC!=find * -name '*.go'
- GOSRC+=go.mod go.sum
-diff --git a/cmd/mkinitfs/main.go b/cmd/mkinitfs/main.go
-index 138667b..6494504 100644
---- a/cmd/mkinitfs/main.go
-+++ b/cmd/mkinitfs/main.go
-@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
- 	"log"
- 	"os"
- 	"path/filepath"
-+	"runtime/debug"
-+	"strings"
- 	"time"
- 
- 	"gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/postmarketos-mkinitfs/internal/archive"
-@@ -26,8 +28,14 @@ import (
- 
- // set at build time
- var Version string
-+var DisableGC string
- 
- func main() {
-+	// To allow working around silly GC-related issues, like https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2560
-+	if strings.ToLower(DisableGC) == "true" {
-+		debug.SetGCPercent(-1)
-+	}
-+
- 	retCode := 0
- 	defer func() { os.Exit(retCode) }()
- 
--- 
-2.46.2
-
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
index 93daa03c5..04d6b421a 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Maintainer: Oliver Smith <ollieparanoid@postmarketos.org>
 # Co-Maintainer: Clayton Craft <clayton@craftyguy.net>
 pkgname=postmarketos-mkinitfs
-pkgver=2.5.1
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=2.6.1
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Tool to generate initramfs images for postmarketOS"
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
 depends="
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ triggers="$pkgname.trigger=\
 source="
 	https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/postmarketos-mkinitfs/-/archive/$pkgver/postmarketos-mkinitfs-$pkgver.tar.gz
 	https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/postmarketOS%2Fpostmarketos-mkinitfs/packages/generic/mkinitfs-vendor-$pkgver/$pkgver/mkinitfs-vendor-$pkgver.tar.gz
-	0001-add-compile-time-flag-to-disable-Go-GC-MR-56.patch
 	"
 
 install="$pkgname.post-upgrade"
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@ prepare() {
 build() {
 	unset LDFLAGS  # passed to Go as linker flags, which are invalid
 
-	# Go garbage collector malfunctions when running x86_64 binaries in QEMU on
-	# an aarch64 host. See: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2560
+	# For https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2560
 	case "$CARCH" in
 	x86_64)
 		make VERSION="$pkgver" DISABLE_GOGC=1 ;;
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ check() {
 }
 
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