diff --git a/package/lean/r8168/patches/020-5.18-support.patch b/package/lean/r8168/patches/020-5.18-support.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 499389274..000000000
--- a/package/lean/r8168/patches/020-5.18-support.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/r8168_n.c
-+++ b/src/r8168_n.c
-@@ -3715,7 +3715,11 @@
-         txd->opts2 = 0;
-         while (1) {
-                 memset(tmpAddr, pattern++, len - 14);
-+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(5,18,0)
-                 pci_dma_sync_single_for_device(tp->pci_dev,
-+#else
-+                dma_sync_single_for_device(tp_to_dev(tp),
-+#endif
-                                                le64_to_cpu(mapping),
-                                                len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-                 txd->opts1 = cpu_to_le32(DescOwn | FirstFrag | LastFrag | len);
-@@ -3743,7 +3747,11 @@
-                 if (rx_len == len) {
-                         dma_sync_single_for_cpu(tp_to_dev(tp), le64_to_cpu(rxd->addr), tp->rx_buf_sz, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-                         i = memcmp(skb->data, rx_skb->data, rx_len);
-+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(5,18,0)
-                         pci_dma_sync_single_for_device(tp->pci_dev, le64_to_cpu(rxd->addr), tp->rx_buf_sz, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-+#else
-+                        dma_sync_single_for_device(tp_to_dev(tp), le64_to_cpu(rxd->addr), tp->rx_buf_sz, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-+#endif
-                         if (i == 0) {
- //              dev_printk(KERN_INFO, tp_to_dev(tp), "loopback test finished\n",rx_len,len);
-                                 break;
-@@ -26464,11 +26472,20 @@
- 
-         if ((sizeof(dma_addr_t) > 4) &&
-             use_dac &&
-+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(5,18,0)
-             !pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64)) &&
-             !pci_set_consistent_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) {
-+#else
-+            !dma_set_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64)) &&
-+            !dma_set_coherent_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) {
-+#endif
-                 dev->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
-         } else {
-+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(5,18,0)
-                 rc = pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
-+#else
-+                rc = dma_set_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
-+#endif
-                 if (rc < 0) {
- #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE > KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,0)
-                         if (netif_msg_probe(tp))