diff --git a/srcpkgs/brltty/patches/authmethods.patch b/srcpkgs/brltty/patches/authmethods.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cedabd893cf..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/brltty/patches/authmethods.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-commit 7b688681f5868416d0b6b9899fbd0d2ba213477d from upstream git
-diff Programs/brlapi.h.in Programs/brlapi.h.in
---- Programs/brlapi.h.in
-+++ Programs/brlapi.h.in
-@@ -137,8 +137,16 @@ size_t BRLAPI_STDCALL brlapi_getHandleSize(void);
- #ifdef BRLAPI_WIN32
- /* No authentication by default on Windows */
- #define BRLAPI_DEFAUTH "none"
--#else
--#define BRLAPI_DEFAUTH "polkit+keyfile:" BRLAPI_ETCDIR "/" BRLAPI_AUTHKEYFILE
-+#else /* BRLAPI_WIN32 */
-+#define BRLAPI_DEFAUTH_KEYFILE "keyfile:" BRLAPI_ETCDIR "/" BRLAPI_AUTHKEYFILE
-+
-+#ifdef USE_POLKIT
-+#define BRLAPI_DEFAUTH_POLKIT "+polkit"
-+#else /* USE_POLKIT */
-+#define BRLAPI_DEFAUTH_POLKIT ""
-+#endif /* USE_POLKIT */
-+
-+#define BRLAPI_DEFAUTH BRLAPI_DEFAUTH_KEYFILE BRLAPI_DEFAUTH_POLKIT
- #endif /* BRLAPI_WIN32 */
- 
- #ifdef __MINGW32__
diff --git a/srcpkgs/brltty/template b/srcpkgs/brltty/template
index 4b877261444..be2c8e0b63d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/brltty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/brltty/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'brltty'
 pkgname=brltty
-version=5.5
-revision=4
+version=5.6
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-Cython"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel alsa-lib-devel gpm-devel icu-devel python3-devel libbluetooth-devel"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://mielke.cc/brltty/"
 distfiles="http://mielke.cc/brltty/archive/brltty-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=4ebf1df5922df0efccac4795f5bd1c514fc850348c34d9ec0868e2798b565a36
+checksum=6171258aca833bb2012afd9c63928573a48c3daab7b149a3e90001ba53beb80f
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	i686*|x86_64*) configure_args="${configure_args} --with-ports-package=glibc";;