diff --git a/srcpkgs/variety/patches/fix-vauleerror.patch b/srcpkgs/variety/patches/fix-vauleerror.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c4ee05ece22..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/variety/patches/fix-vauleerror.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- variety/indicator.py.orig	2017-04-29 07:23:37.000000000 +0200
-+++ variety/indicator.py	2017-04-29 13:30:24.341703536 +0200
-@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
-     use_appindicator = True
- except ImportError:
-     use_appindicator = False
-+except ValueError:
-+    use_appindicator = False
- 
- from variety_lib import varietyconfig
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/variety/template b/srcpkgs/variety/template
index dce029523ac..279d9b096b9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/variety/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/variety/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'variety'
 pkgname=variety
-version=0.6.5
+version=0.6.6
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=python2-module
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="https://launchpad.net/variety/"
 distfiles="https://launchpad.net/variety/trunk/${version}/+download/variety_${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d3eeb5b800d881fc0e1055f5614e65b6b6f64e0f1eb5b72fdf2869ae50c51bcc
+checksum=ff43613fa94dfa39abb55b1b162bd5f05717a28f2605cc0aab872c47d122e9b8