diff --git a/utils/nano/Makefile b/utils/nano/Makefile
index e54a722425..226625aaf3 100644
--- a/utils/nano/Makefile
+++ b/utils/nano/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=nano
-PKG_VERSION:=8.0
+PKG_VERSION:=8.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/nano
-PKG_HASH:=c17f43fc0e37336b33ee50a209c701d5beb808adc2d9f089ca831b40539c9ac4
+PKG_HASH:=93b3e3e9155ae389fe9ccf9cb7ab380eac29602835ba3077b22f64d0f0cbe8cb
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
diff --git a/utils/nano/patches/0001-post80-fix-minibar-do-not-falsely-report.patch b/utils/nano/patches/0001-post80-fix-minibar-do-not-falsely-report.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d85720d3ee..0000000000
--- a/utils/nano/patches/0001-post80-fix-minibar-do-not-falsely-report.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-From e9c7dfa99221935ffa38b5b9dbf294933e0aa7c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
-Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 12:12:09 +0200
-Subject: minibar: do not falsely report that a new, empty file is in Mac
- format
-
-The 'openfile->fmt' element gets initialized to 'UNSPECIFIED',
-so the code has to take that possibility into account.
-
-This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65676.
-
-Bug existed since version 8.0, commit fe4f74f6.
----
- src/winio.c | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/src/winio.c
-+++ b/src/winio.c
-@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ void minibar(void)
- 		size_t count = openfile->filebot->lineno - (openfile->filebot->data[0] == '\0');
- 
- 		number_of_lines = nmalloc(49);
--		if (openfile->fmt == NIX_FILE)
-+		if (openfile->fmt == NIX_FILE || openfile->fmt == UNSPECIFIED)
- 			sprintf(number_of_lines, P_(" (%zu line)", " (%zu lines)", count), count);
- 		else
- 			sprintf(number_of_lines, P_(" (%zu line, %s)", " (%zu lines, %s)", count),