diff --git a/packages/ncurses/build.sh b/packages/ncurses/build.sh
index b879baed1..9486f8ce8 100755
--- a/packages/ncurses/build.sh
+++ b/packages/ncurses/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Library for text-based user interfaces in a terminal-independent manner"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=6.0.20170923
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=678a3549b144fd9ce00d5687d70eb8dd4352309f41790bdd0e7a4d94ade3361e
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=6.0.20171028
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=7196ad90cc9591a3284e2140df1616d00149e13b9279a5df816097498a220d68
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/current/ncurses-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION:0:3}-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION:4}.tgz
 # --without-normal disables static libraries:
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
diff --git a/packages/ncurses/misc-terminfo.src.patch b/packages/ncurses/misc-terminfo.src.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f8f5a0cf..000000000
--- a/packages/ncurses/misc-terminfo.src.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Revert REP sequence added in 2017-07-29 until problem is
-fixed in ncurses:
-  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2017-07/msg00051.html
-
-See https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/1252 and try out
-both weechat and mc before enabling.
-
-diff -u -r ../ncurses-6.0-20170812/misc/terminfo.src ./misc/terminfo.src
---- ../ncurses-6.0-20170812/misc/terminfo.src	2017-07-30 02:10:59.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./misc/terminfo.src	2017-08-13 15:38:04.457928129 +0200
-@@ -4180,7 +4180,7 @@
- xterm-new|modern xterm terminal emulator,
- 	npc,
- 	indn=\E[%p1%dS, kb2=\EOE, kcbt=\E[Z, kent=\EOM,
--	rin=\E[%p1%dT, use=ansi+rep, use=ansi+enq,
-+	rin=\E[%p1%dT, use=ansi+enq,
- 	use=xterm+pcfkeys, use=xterm+tmux, use=ecma+strikeout,
- 	use=xterm-basic,
-