diff --git a/package/stella/0001-Add-cross-compilation-support.patch b/package/stella/0001-Add-cross-compilation-support.patch
index 3266d31d26de..1aefd86cf43b 100644
--- a/package/stella/0001-Add-cross-compilation-support.patch
+++ b/package/stella/0001-Add-cross-compilation-support.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-From fba2627bebc7d497f64827a0517316e9b5c64c0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From ef1cffc526d3cf9562d50efbf8addc2aa4c06b52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Sergio Prado <sergio.prado@e-labworks.com>
-Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 13:24:00 -0300
+Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 18:23:23 -0300
 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add cross-compilation support
 
 Signed-off-by: Sergio Prado <sergio.prado@e-labworks.com>
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ Signed-off-by: Sergio Prado <sergio.prado@e-labworks.com>
  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/configure b/configure
-index 0d90a4f0acde..a4afea8e1880 100755
+index c2f304729651..b05321aac3da 100755
 --- a/configure
 +++ b/configure
-@@ -502,8 +502,9 @@ if test -n "$_host"; then
+@@ -499,8 +499,9 @@ if test -n "$_host"; then
  			_host_os=win32
  			;;
  		*)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ index 0d90a4f0acde..a4afea8e1880 100755
 +			_host_os=unix
  			;;
  	esac
- 	
+ 
 -- 
 1.9.1
 
diff --git a/package/stella/0002-Do-not-strip-when-installing.patch b/package/stella/0002-Do-not-strip-when-installing.patch
index cba4b088fde0..8a95a81a5ac2 100644
--- a/package/stella/0002-Do-not-strip-when-installing.patch
+++ b/package/stella/0002-Do-not-strip-when-installing.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-From a86140353cb2e162d88da9caa1716915be2f6893 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From d506a586b299682a425d3c3de68baefb7221fa9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Sergio Prado <sergio.prado@e-labworks.com>
-Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 13:25:12 -0300
+Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 18:25:12 -0300
 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Do not strip when installing
 
 Signed-off-by: Sergio Prado <sergio.prado@e-labworks.com>
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ Signed-off-by: Sergio Prado <sergio.prado@e-labworks.com>
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
 diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 6dd0129587b3..b1aea5eed4a1 100644
+index 346640e53bea..fedaed05a4d6 100644
 --- a/Makefile
 +++ b/Makefile
-@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ config.mak: $(srcdir)/configure
+@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ config.mak: $(srcdir)/configure
  
  install: all
  	$(INSTALL) -d "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)"
diff --git a/package/stella/0003-Use-gnu-11-standard-to-prevent-errors-on-PPC.patch b/package/stella/0003-Use-gnu-11-standard-to-prevent-errors-on-PPC.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 76d12a2cdd93..000000000000
--- a/package/stella/0003-Use-gnu-11-standard-to-prevent-errors-on-PPC.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-From 6946a491cae42b971aad3bc5d822e0e549eca8bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Sergio Prado <sergio.prado@e-labworks.com>
-Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 15:20:33 -0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Use gnu++11 standard to prevent errors on PPC.
-
-PPC altivec vectorization triggers a bug when compiling with -std=c++11
-because "bool" is redefined in altivec.h.
-
-Acording to a bug report in GCC, "You need to use -std=g++11 or
-undefine bool after the include of altivec.h as context sensitive
-keywords is not part of the C++11 standard".
-
-So let's use gnu++11 standard.
-
-Signed-off-by: Sergio Prado <sergio.prado@e-labworks.com>
----
- Makefile | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 6dd0129587b3..6ed50ea4c335 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ else
- endif
- CXXFLAGS+= -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-ignored-qualifiers
- ifdef HAVE_GCC
--  CXXFLAGS+= -Wno-multichar -Wunused -fno-rtti -Woverloaded-virtual -Wnon-virtual-dtor -std=c++11
-+  CXXFLAGS+= -Wno-multichar -Wunused -fno-rtti -Woverloaded-virtual -Wnon-virtual-dtor -std=gnu++11
- endif
- 
- ifdef PROFILE
--- 
-1.9.1
-
diff --git a/package/stella/stella.hash b/package/stella/stella.hash
index e6f146fd9345..ebf82973acd5 100644
--- a/package/stella/stella.hash
+++ b/package/stella/stella.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256 93a75d1b343b1e66b6dc526c0f9d8a0c3678d346033f7cdfe76dc93f14d956ad  stella-4.7.3-src.tar.xz
+sha256 e92bb5a8da8c8453618f1b6730d8924d5dc8b7181bfb13453af46ef7db96e658  stella-5.0.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/stella/stella.mk b/package/stella/stella.mk
index e610a9bdfd6f..5c13251bf5a0 100644
--- a/package/stella/stella.mk
+++ b/package/stella/stella.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-STELLA_VERSION = 4.7.3
-STELLA_SOURCE = stella-$(STELLA_VERSION)-src.tar.xz
-STELLA_SITE = https://github.com/stella-emu/stella/releases/download/release-$(STELLA_VERSION)
+STELLA_VERSION = 5.0.1
+STELLA_SITE = $(call github,stella-emu,stella,$(STELLA_VERSION))
 STELLA_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 STELLA_LICENSE_FILES = Copyright.txt License.txt
 
