diff --git a/lib/compilation-prepare.sh b/lib/compilation-prepare.sh
index da668dc1e2..0fc62261cc 100644
--- a/lib/compilation-prepare.sh
+++ b/lib/compilation-prepare.sh
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ compilation_prepare()
 	if linux-version compare "${version}" ge 3.14 && [ "$EXTRAWIFI" == yes ]; then
 
 		# attach to specifics tag or branch
-		local rtl8811cuver="commit:ef3ff12118a75ea9ca1db8f4806bb0861e4fffef"
+		local rtl8811cuver="commit:de68bd50671ad8a5c09af97def3f2059b4a088aa"
 
 		display_alert "Adding" "Wireless drivers for Realtek RTL8811CU and RTL8821C chipsets ${rtl8811cuver}" "info"
 
@@ -459,9 +459,6 @@ compilation_prepare()
 		sed -i '/source "drivers\/net\/wireless\/ti\/Kconfig"/a source "drivers\/net\/wireless\/rtl8811cu\/Kconfig"' \
 		"$kerneldir/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
 
-		# add support for K5.17+
-		process_patch_file "${SRC}/patch/misc/wireless-realtek-8811cu-5.17.patch" "applying"
-
 	fi
 
 
diff --git a/patch/misc/wireless-realtek-8811cu-5.17.patch b/patch/misc/wireless-realtek-8811cu-5.17.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c685b5131a..0000000000
--- a/patch/misc/wireless-realtek-8811cu-5.17.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-From 8b6faa20db3bc324824a9e4617c884c28d85ec0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Butterfly <gokhanlnx@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:16:53 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] Buildfix for Linux 5.17 (#1)
-
-Buildfix for Linux 5.17
----
- os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c | 8 ++++++++
- os_dep/linux/rtw_proc.c | 2 ++
- os_dep/osdep_service.c  | 4 ++++
- 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8811cu/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8811cu/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c
-index 257c581..248d4f7 100644
---- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8811cu/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c
-+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8811cu/os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c
-@@ -1216,7 +1216,11 @@ static int rtw_net_set_mac_address(struct net_device *pnetdev, void *addr)
- 	}
- 
- 	_rtw_memcpy(adapter_mac_addr(padapter), sa->sa_data, ETH_ALEN); /* set mac addr to adapter */
-+#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(5, 17, 0))
-+	eth_hw_addr_set(pnetdev, sa->sa_data);
-+#else
- 	_rtw_memcpy(pnetdev->dev_addr, sa->sa_data, ETH_ALEN); /* set mac addr to net_device */
-+#endif
- 
- #if 0
- 	if (rtw_is_hw_init_completed(padapter)) {
-@@ -1653,7 +1657,11 @@ int rtw_os_ndev_register(_adapter *adapter, const char *name)
- 	/* alloc netdev name */
- 	rtw_init_netdev_name(ndev, name);
- 
-+#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(5, 17, 0))
-+	eth_hw_addr_set(ndev, adapter_mac_addr(adapter));
-+#else
- 	_rtw_memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, adapter_mac_addr(adapter), ETH_ALEN);
-+#endif
- 
- 	/* Tell the network stack we exist */
- 
-diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8811cu/os_dep/linux/rtw_proc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8811cu/os_dep/linux/rtw_proc.c
-index 370bd5a..e5e3cd3 100644
---- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8811cu/os_dep/linux/rtw_proc.c
-+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8811cu/os_dep/linux/rtw_proc.c
-@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ inline struct proc_dir_entry *get_rtw_drv_proc(void)
- #if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 10, 0))
- #define PDE_DATA(inode) PDE((inode))->data
- #define proc_get_parent_data(inode) PDE((inode))->parent->data
-+#elif (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(5, 17, 0))
-+#define PDE_DATA(inode) pde_data(inode)
- #endif
- 
- #if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 24))
-diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8811cu/os_dep/osdep_service.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8811cu/os_dep/osdep_service.c
-index fea029e..d4a01c8 100644
---- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8811cu/os_dep/osdep_service.c
-+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8811cu/os_dep/osdep_service.c
-@@ -1294,8 +1294,12 @@ u32 _rtw_down_sema(_sema *sema)
- inline void thread_exit(_completion *comp)
- {
- #ifdef PLATFORM_LINUX
-+#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(5, 17, 0))
-+	kthread_complete_and_exit(comp, 0);
-+#else
- 	complete_and_exit(comp, 0);
- #endif
-+#endif
- 
- #ifdef PLATFORM_FREEBSD
- 	printf("%s", "RTKTHREAD_exit");