diff --git a/srcpkgs/librdkafka/patches/0001-Patch-for-libressl.patch b/srcpkgs/librdkafka/patches/0001-Patch-for-libressl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c0f752fec9..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/librdkafka/patches/0001-Patch-for-libressl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-From 8b2abae04d436d9b6278ed4cd9fc24e73717ca75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Kyle Nusbaum <knusbaum+void@sdf.org>
-Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 13:30:15 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Patch for libressl
-
-
-diff --git configure.librdkafka configure.librdkafka
-index 337d937..08307a3 100644
---- configure.librdkafka
-+++ configure.librdkafka
-@@ -95,7 +95,16 @@ void foo (void) {
-             export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/pkgconfig"
-         fi
- 	mkl_lib_check "libssl" "WITH_SSL" disable CC "-lssl" \
--                      "#include <openssl/ssl.h>"
-+                  "#include <openssl/ssl.h>"
-+    # Check if libssl-dev supports the SSL_CTX_set1_sigalgs_list() and
-+    # SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list() functions.
-+    mkl_compile_check "libssl_sigalgs_curves" "WITH_SSL_SIGALGS_CURVES" disable CC "-lssl" \
-+                      '
-+#include <openssl/ssl.h>
-+void foo (void) {
-+    SSL_CTX_set1_sigalgs_list(NULL, "TEST");
-+    SSL_CTX_set1_curves_list(NULL, "TEST");
-+}'
-     fi
- 
-     if [[ "$ENABLE_SASL" == "y" ]]; then
-diff --git src/rdkafka_conf.c src/rdkafka_conf.c
-index c20d9d1..a080bdc 100644
---- src/rdkafka_conf.c
-+++ src/rdkafka_conf.c
-@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static const struct rd_kafka_property rd_kafka_properties[] = {
- 	  "protocol. See manual page for `ciphers(1)` and "
- 	  "`SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list(3)."
- 	},
--#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x1000200fL
-+#if WITH_SSL_SIGALGS_CURVES
-         { _RK_GLOBAL, "ssl.curves.list", _RK_C_STR,
-           _RK(ssl.curves_list),
-           "The supported-curves extension in the TLS ClientHello message specifies "
-diff --git src/rdkafka_conf.h src/rdkafka_conf.h
-index 27e448d..222e74b 100644
---- src/rdkafka_conf.h
-+++ src/rdkafka_conf.h
-@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ struct rd_kafka_conf_s {
- 	struct {
- 		SSL_CTX *ctx;
- 		char *cipher_suites;
--#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x1000200fL
-+#if WITH_SSL_SIGALGS_CURVES
- 		char *curves_list;
- 		char *sigalgs_list;
- #endif
-diff --git src/rdkafka_transport.c src/rdkafka_transport.c
-index 815fb31..243399e 100644
---- src/rdkafka_transport.c
-+++ src/rdkafka_transport.c
-@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ int rd_kafka_transport_ssl_ctx_init (rd_kafka_t *rk,
- 		}
- 	}
- 
--#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x1000200fL
-+#if WITH_SSL_SIGALGS_CURVES
- 	/* Curves */
- 	if (rk->rk_conf.ssl.curves_list) {
- 		rd_kafka_dbg(rk, SECURITY, "SSL",
--- 
-2.18.0
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/librdkafka/template b/srcpkgs/librdkafka/template
index 3bbfb9a97cd..965d71ae7c9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/librdkafka/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/librdkafka/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'librdkafka'
 pkgname=librdkafka
-version=0.11.5
+version=0.11.6
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Kyle Nusbaum <knusbaum+void@sdf.org>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka"
 distfiles="https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=cc6ebbcd0a826eec1b8ce1f625ffe71b53ef3290f8192b6cae38412a958f4fd3
+checksum=9c0afb8b53779d968225edf1e79da48a162895ad557900f75e7978f65e642032
 
 librdkafka-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"