diff --git a/openpower/package/skiboot/skiboot-0001-specify-mbig-endian-in-link-flags.patch b/openpower/package/skiboot/skiboot-0001-specify-mbig-endian-in-link-flags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f5f174c..0000000
--- a/openpower/package/skiboot/skiboot-0001-specify-mbig-endian-in-link-flags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From ec49ccee122c1be9b0d90c0f810a8964575bd57f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:47:17 +0800
-Subject: [PATCH] Makefile: specify -mbig-endian in link flags
-
-Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
----
- Makefile.main | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile.main b/Makefile.main
-index b5376fc..0fca221 100644
---- a/Makefile.main
-+++ b/Makefile.main
-@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ CFLAGS += $(CWARNS) $(OPTS) $(DBG)
- 
- LDFLAGS := -m64 -static -nostdlib -Wl,--gc-sections -pie
- LDFLAGS += -Wl,-Ttext-segment,$(LD_TEXT) -Wl,-N -Wl,--build-id=none
--LDFLAGS += -Wl,--no-multi-toc
-+LDFLAGS += -Wl,--no-multi-toc -mbig-endian -Wl,--oformat,elf64-powerpc
- LDRFLAGS=-melf64ppc
- # Debug stuff
- #LDFLAGS += -Wl,-v -Wl,-Map,foomap 
--- 
-1.9.1
-
diff --git a/openpower/package/skiboot/skiboot.mk b/openpower/package/skiboot/skiboot.mk
index c4e1c0b..c002740 100644
--- a/openpower/package/skiboot/skiboot.mk
+++ b/openpower/package/skiboot/skiboot.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SKIBOOT_VERSION = skiboot-5.0.5
+SKIBOOT_VERSION = skiboot-5.1.0-beta1
 SKIBOOT_SITE = $(call github,open-power,skiboot,$(SKIBOOT_VERSION))
 SKIBOOT_INSTALL_IMAGES = YES
 SKIBOOT_INSTALL_TARGET = NO