diff --git a/libs/json-glib/Makefile b/libs/json-glib/Makefile
index e4f74050c..c865808df 100644
--- a/libs/json-glib/Makefile
+++ b/libs/json-glib/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=json-glib
-PKG_VERSION:=1.6.2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.6.6
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/json-glib/1.6
-PKG_HASH:=a33d66c6d038bda46b910c6c6d59c4e15db014e363dc997a0414c2e07d134f24
+PKG_HASH:=96ec98be7a91f6dde33636720e3da2ff6ecbb90e76ccaa49497f31a6855a490e
 
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
diff --git a/libs/json-glib/patches/01-remove-python-check.patch b/libs/json-glib/patches/01-remove-python-check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index babfcf0b3..000000000
--- a/libs/json-glib/patches/01-remove-python-check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ root_dir = include_directories('.')
- 
- gnome = import('gnome')
- 
--python3 = import('python').find_installation()
-+# Python is used only for tests, which we don't build in OpenWrt
-+#python3 = import('python').find_installation()
- gen_installed_test = files('build-aux/gen-installed-test.py')
- 
- subdir('json-glib')