diff --git a/ports/libtorrent/CONTROL b/ports/libtorrent/CONTROL
index f6dde66eeb..e0de709629 100644
--- a/ports/libtorrent/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/libtorrent/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: libtorrent
-Version: 94f4e88e05f92a1
+Version: 1.1.6
 Description: An efficient feature complete C++ BitTorrent implementation 
 Build-Depends: openssl, boost-system, boost-date-time, boost-chrono, boost-random, boost-asio, boost-crc, boost-config
diff --git a/ports/libtorrent/add-dbghelp-to-win32-libs.patch b/ports/libtorrent/add-dbghelp-to-win32-libs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 35df3bc2b6..0000000000
--- a/ports/libtorrent/add-dbghelp-to-win32-libs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 1963d90..99698a2 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ target_link_libraries(torrent-rasterbar ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_I
- #add_definitions(-DBOOST_ASIO_HASH_MAP_BUCKETS=1021  -D__USE_W32_SOCKETS -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN )
- 
- if (WIN32)
--	target_link_libraries(torrent-rasterbar wsock32 ws2_32 Iphlpapi)
-+	target_link_libraries(torrent-rasterbar wsock32 ws2_32 Iphlpapi dbghelp)
- 	add_definitions(-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600)
- 	# prevent winsock1 to be included
- 	add_definitions(-DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN)
diff --git a/ports/libtorrent/portfile.cmake b/ports/libtorrent/portfile.cmake
index 3101bab296..bf0d851b9d 100644
--- a/ports/libtorrent/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libtorrent/portfile.cmake
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO arvidn/libtorrent
-    REF 94f4e88e05f92a1b07551598a4bedb2c16af0f2f
-    SHA512 1b4876a471a62813c97519ebf54fc06286b7ee43005e436c7139c6a6ac39fd40fefd5c9b7424e65509ec8deb95dfe1427544b686b6b9cd51cf3d3f133ba7a701
+    REF libtorrent-1_1_6
+    SHA512 528034e63330d3c6910ab9db34a2a543618961c0095ecb8f865065516c341d063cba92aed2904b80aa0d0ef65df1b91c400f69d16defad787ff1ffb5edd09e37
     HEAD_REF master
 )
 
 vcpkg_apply_patches(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
     PATCHES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/add-datetime-to-boost-libs.patch
-            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/add-dbghelp-to-win32-libs.patch
 )
 
 string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "dynamic" LIBTORRENT_SHARED)