diff --git a/packages/pv/build.sh b/packages/pv/build.sh
index 240c6ba58..70f015acb 100644
--- a/packages/pv/build.sh
+++ b/packages/pv/build.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=http://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Terminal-based tool for monitoring the progress of data through a pipeline"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="Artistic-License-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.6.6
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.6.20
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://www.ivarch.com/programs/sources/pv-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=608ef935f7a377e1439c181c4fc188d247da10d51a19ef79bcdee5043b0973f1
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=e831951eff0718fba9b1ef286128773b9d0e723e1fbfae88d5a3188814fdc603
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--disable-ipc"
diff --git a/packages/pv/src-pv-cursor.c.patch b/packages/pv/src-pv-cursor.c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a6d5afa1..000000000
--- a/packages/pv/src-pv-cursor.c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r ../pv-1.6.0/src/pv/cursor.c ./src/pv/cursor.c
---- ../pv-1.6.0/src/pv/cursor.c	2015-03-15 00:37:18.000000000 +0000
-+++ ./src/pv/cursor.c	2017-07-07 00:05:58.507914275 +0000
-@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <sys/stat.h>
- #include <fcntl.h>
-+#include <libgen.h> /* For basename(). */
- 
- #ifdef HAVE_IPC
- #include <sys/ipc.h>