diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 7740914ff9..52a6aaf797 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ package/botan/0002-src-build-data-arch-superh.txt-add-sh4-eb-aeb.patch Upstream
 package/brickd/S70brickd Indent Shellcheck Variables
 package/bridge-utils/0001-fix-build-on-musl.patch Upstream
 package/brltty/0001-Fix-linking-error-on-mips64el.patch Upstream
-package/brltty/0002-shell-prologue-runProgramTerminationCommands-used-a-.patch Upstream
 package/brltty/S10brltty Indent Shellcheck Variables
 package/bsdiff/0001-Add-missing-header-for-u_char.patch Upstream
 package/bustle/0001-Makefile-fix-pcap-config-call.patch Upstream
diff --git a/package/brltty/0002-shell-prologue-runProgramTerminationCommands-used-a-.patch b/package/brltty/0002-shell-prologue-runProgramTerminationCommands-used-a-.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f81254e08..0000000000
--- a/package/brltty/0002-shell-prologue-runProgramTerminationCommands-used-a-.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From 4503c2cbd3981ba1b50ec7ce287ab48c772b3a7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Dave Mielke <Dave@Mielke.cc>
-Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 15:20:38 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] shell prologue: runProgramTerminationCommands used a bash
- command. (dm)
-
-Signed-off-by: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
-[james.hilliard1@gmail.com: backport from upstream commit
-4503c2cbd3981ba1b50ec7ce287ab48c772b3a7f]
----
- brltty-prologue.sh | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/brltty-prologue.sh b/brltty-prologue.sh
-index 05b817742..6d1faf983 100644
---- a/brltty-prologue.sh
-+++ b/brltty-prologue.sh
-@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ runProgramTerminationCommands() {
-    while [ "${programTerminationCommandCount}" -gt 0 ]
-    do
-       set -- $(getVariable "programTerminationCommand${programTerminationCommandCount}")
--      let "programTerminationCommandCount -= 1"
-+      programTerminationCommandCount=$((programTerminationCommandCount - 1))
- 
-       local process="${1}"
-       local directory="${2}"
--- 
-2.34.1
-
diff --git a/package/brltty/brltty.hash b/package/brltty/brltty.hash
index 9fc63714bc..9b707fc1c2 100644
--- a/package/brltty/brltty.hash
+++ b/package/brltty/brltty.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  2f173535291ba39b5a9fc8d80c349234333d92042d95d6dd88796c98a02f316b  brltty-6.5.tar.xz
+sha256  ab11cfc5fbd7ef0ec876ffea7e131e424b2fd004b6158064e1a2e46412825529  brltty-6.6.tar.xz
 sha256  d80c9d084ebfb50ea1ed91bfbc2410d6ce542097a32c43b00781b83adcb8c77f  LICENSE-LGPL
-sha256  c00c876cb4581a6b54fcc176f7e694896e5b52c4b015615566a787e8bc89fe69  README
+sha256  72740317768530c60046c591160d4552afb3ac49657b04c7b8452c1bbe7b834e  README
diff --git a/package/brltty/brltty.mk b/package/brltty/brltty.mk
index dc5a38cddb..f00a18cc6f 100644
--- a/package/brltty/brltty.mk
+++ b/package/brltty/brltty.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-BRLTTY_VERSION = 6.5
+BRLTTY_VERSION = 6.6
 BRLTTY_SOURCE = brltty-$(BRLTTY_VERSION).tar.xz
 BRLTTY_SITE = http://brltty.com/archive
 BRLTTY_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS = INSTALL_ROOT=$(STAGING_DIR) install