diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft/0001-Enforce-UTF8-encoding.patch b/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft/0001-Enforce-UTF8-encoding.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a2ae49f..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft/0001-Enforce-UTF8-encoding.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 28a9ff65a9b71ad70b906d688b7b2f593ea108cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Peter Steenbergen <info@j1nx.nl>
-Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:42:55 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Enforce UTF8 encoding
-
----
- mycroft/dialog/__init__.py | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/mycroft/dialog/__init__.py b/mycroft/dialog/__init__.py
-index 59b4a44a0d..59c521b929 100644
---- a/mycroft/dialog/__init__.py
-+++ b/mycroft/dialog/__init__.py
-@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class MustacheDialogRenderer(object):
-             template_name (str): a unique identifier for a group of templates
-             filename (str): a fully qualified filename of a mustache template.
-         """
--        with open(filename, 'r') as f:
-+        with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-             for line in f:
-                 template_text = line.strip()
-                 if template_name not in self.templates:
--- 
-2.11.0
-
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft/python-mycroft.hash b/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft/python-mycroft.hash
index 153a936f..11f24613 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft/python-mycroft.hash
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft/python-mycroft.hash
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ sha256	42950284980d415d5cf75c91ad1e59080770cf82a12dc294f106b97fdf8c65c0  python-
 sha256	35d6c2d6155ea9b1887b296164a8ee7f1abf8e58b192a4829aaa59a7592909fa  python-mycroft-v18.8.5.tar.gz
 sha256	14d936dea78379a58c80b2d8268be87e5e89b3147a6f48fa85c6db4c37dc8b56  python-mycroft-v18.8.10.tar.gz
 sha256	f3a4dcfbf4690df6a885cab40c7069d67b61e8cd5d81f85cf892dd38b3902aff  python-mycroft-v18.8.11.tar.gz
+sha256	b7ddc81be63310c28bc5da1e39745429941311362364dc44b67e3bc69139bb94  python-mycroft-v18.8.12.tar.gz
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft/python-mycroft.mk b/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft/python-mycroft.mk
index a7384e66..be32aed0 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft/python-mycroft.mk
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft/python-mycroft.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_MYCROFT_VERSION = v18.8.11
+PYTHON_MYCROFT_VERSION = v18.8.12
 PYTHON_MYCROFT_SITE = $(call github,MycroftAI,mycroft-core,release/$(PYTHON_MYCROFT_VERSION))
 PYTHON_MYCROFT_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_MYCROFT_LICENSE_FILES =