diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/patches/fix-implicit-conversation.patch b/srcpkgs/nodejs/patches/fix-implicit-conversation.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1050c9e3334..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs/patches/fix-implicit-conversation.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git src/inspector_agent.cc src/inspector_agent.cc
-index fdc8819..a4c4d52 100644
---- src/inspector_agent.cc
-+++ src/inspector_agent.cc
-@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ void SendProtocolJson(InspectorSocket* socket) {
-       PROTOCOL_JSON[0] * 0x10000u +
-       PROTOCOL_JSON[1] * 0x100u +
-       PROTOCOL_JSON[2];
--  strm.next_in = PROTOCOL_JSON + 3;
-+  strm.next_in = (Bytef *)(PROTOCOL_JSON + 3);
-   strm.avail_in = sizeof(PROTOCOL_JSON) - 3;
-   std::vector<char> data(kDecompressedSize);
-   strm.next_out = reinterpret_cast<Byte*>(&data[0]);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
index 027450c1e58..548df8e288b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'nodejs'
 pkgname=nodejs
-version=6.8.0
+version=6.8.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc=node-v${version}
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python icu"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://nodejs.org/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/dist/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a8a2d4b74734991dd45e5b2b0b13617864f1283f6d6bc262e1e4d30741114352
+checksum=736f7651f59a78d5a0d88ab2430c93fc29a8efd1c06fd3fb4eb915b262bc2769
 
 build_options="ssl libuv http_parser"
 desc_option_libuv="Enable shared libuv"