diff --git a/srcpkgs/timeshift/patches/fix-ftbfs-vala40.patch b/srcpkgs/timeshift/patches/fix-ftbfs-vala40.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 12c98297f2..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/timeshift/patches/fix-ftbfs-vala40.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- src/Utility/Gtk/TerminalWindow.vala.orig
-+++ src/Utility/Gtk/TerminalWindow.vala
-@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
- 	}
- 
- 	public void execute_command(string command){
--		term.feed_child("%s\n".printf(command), -1);
-+		term.feed_child("%s\n".printf(command).to_utf8());
- 	}
- 
- 	public void execute_script(string script_path, bool wait = false){
diff --git a/srcpkgs/timeshift/template b/srcpkgs/timeshift/template
index 6eb92b1c76..f800d9f971 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/timeshift/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/timeshift/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'timeshift'
 pkgname=timeshift
-version=18.4
+version=18.6.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config vala"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.teejeetech.in/p/timeshift.html"
 distfiles="https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5f180ba2ed66531b10e6cc9b1966e60be1c646ebe304dd0a29b4215318892feb
+checksum=2c851b232e622f75facc289a4a163218d1943b239eeadb2988acb23c80fc30a2
 
 post_install() {
 	rm "${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/timeshift-uninstall"