diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars b/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars
index c125815459e..6557cb850ab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # build templates.
 _kernel_ver=2.6.38
 #version=${_kernel_ver}
-_kernel_patch_ver=5
+_kernel_patch_ver=6
 version=${_kernel_ver}.${_kernel_patch_ver}
 wrksrc="linux-$version"
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/kernel/v2.6/linux-$version.tar.bz2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=1eae9aaf22106213e14eb2a9b5962a00156ac0e7eae71fecfae26161a8725034
+checksum=37b1a3d9bd33f03663368fa5ad732c43ecef46e49d4c2cd768ea92b078b68c66
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/template b/srcpkgs/kernel/template
index 3bea7126343..d292e34d5a2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel/template
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ triggers="initramfs-tools"
 nostrip=yes
 noverifyrdeps=yes
 preserve=yes
-revision=1
+#revision=1
 _kernel_headers_revision=${revision}
 if [ -n "${revision}" ]; then
 	_kernver="${version}_${revision}"