diff --git a/main/linux-lts/APKBUILD b/main/linux-lts/APKBUILD
index 0060cdb71f4..afc518fea58 100644
--- a/main/linux-lts/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/linux-lts/APKBUILD
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ done
 builddir="$srcdir"/linux-$_kernver
 
 if [ "${pkgver%.0}" = "$pkgver" ]; then
-	source="$source
-	https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v${pkgver%%.*}.x/patch-$pkgver.xz"
+	# Prepend to apply first
+	source="patch-$pkgver.patch.xz::https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v${pkgver%%.*}.x/patch-$pkgver.xz $source"
 fi
 arch="all !armhf !riscv64"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 #     - CVE-46838
 
 prepare() {
-	if [ "$_kernver" != "$pkgver" ]; then
-		msg "Applying patch-$pkgver.xz"
-		unxz -c < "$srcdir"/patch-$pkgver.xz | patch -p1 -N
-	fi
-
 	default_prepare
 
 	# remove localversion from patch if any
@@ -370,5 +365,5 @@ b30d0392b396165310ff1fdefd2fbd5103c44914b73e2ec330e1a24db6d872b8382ee3eff6b8a3cd
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 ba056237fe5b1d18b0dbc242f609896e437d37dd9a6131f5257e2d9a706cac497f01fecf11e81b7a4319aa60cbf388f8a5c036c24cd65a6075aa1dd1f3aa1ffe  virt.x86.config
 7030cc24ae43427bac6f73f1c2a1cd79dfc05aed0d912ef41247c188b8442d4b6a9fd0f654be8de409ffd9cac9710f06c1433d85bb908c2fde084040e48b426d  virt.x86_64.config
-e5f794ec8fcb5b3149ff10692274eea6367d59f7b4b42845040c31d28d1fcbcd2aa6fdfd24f69f250e89eddac88f7034f1dba3a3fc789f0648a1f7a3d8a01baa  patch-6.6.35.xz
+e5f794ec8fcb5b3149ff10692274eea6367d59f7b4b42845040c31d28d1fcbcd2aa6fdfd24f69f250e89eddac88f7034f1dba3a3fc789f0648a1f7a3d8a01baa  patch-6.6.35.patch.xz
 "