diff --git a/packages/apt/build.sh b/packages/apt/build.sh
index ba258f053..b2ccff53d 100644
--- a/packages/apt/build.sh
+++ b/packages/apt/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://packages.debian.org/apt
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Front-end for the dpkg package manager"
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="liblzma, libgnustl, dpkg, gnupg"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.1.5
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.1.6
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apt/apt_${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--host=${TERMUX_ARCH}-linux --disable-rpath acl_cv_rpath=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib gt_cv_func_CFPreferencesCopyAppValue=no gt_cv_func_CFLocaleCopyCurrent=no ac_cv_c_bigendian=no --no-create"
 # When ready to drop bz2 support:
diff --git a/packages/apt/cmdline-apt-key.in.patch b/packages/apt/cmdline-apt-key.in.patch
index 0d07e4f25..3f6a859c4 100644
--- a/packages/apt/cmdline-apt-key.in.patch
+++ b/packages/apt/cmdline-apt-key.in.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff -u -r ../apt-1.1.3/cmdline/apt-key.in ./cmdline/apt-key.in
---- ../apt-1.1.3/cmdline/apt-key.in	2015-11-30 03:08:24.000000000 -0500
-+++ ./cmdline/apt-key.in	2015-12-03 21:22:35.231730185 -0500
-@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@
+diff -u -r ../apt-1.1.6/cmdline/apt-key.in ./cmdline/apt-key.in
+--- ../apt-1.1.6/cmdline/apt-key.in	2015-12-24 11:14:15.000000000 -0500
++++ ./cmdline/apt-key.in	2015-12-25 17:58:37.186396718 -0500
+@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@
  aptkey_echo() { echo "$@"; }
  
  requires_root() {
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ diff -u -r ../apt-1.1.3/cmdline/apt-key.in ./cmdline/apt-key.in
 +	continue
  }
  
- get_fingerprints_of_keyring() {
-@@ -212,7 +209,7 @@
+ command_available() {
+@@ -231,7 +228,7 @@
  	if [ -s "$TRUSTEDFILE" ]; then
  	    $ACTION "$TRUSTEDFILE" "$@"
  	fi
 -	local TRUSTEDPARTS="/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d"
 +	local TRUSTEDPARTS="@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d"
- 	eval $(apt-config shell TRUSTEDPARTS Dir::Etc::TrustedParts/d)
+ 	eval "$(apt-config shell TRUSTEDPARTS Dir::Etc::TrustedParts/d)"
  	if [ -d "$TRUSTEDPARTS" ]; then
  	    # strip / suffix as gpg will double-slash in that case (#665411)
-@@ -282,11 +279,11 @@
+@@ -301,11 +298,11 @@
      # if a --keyring was given, just use this one
      if [ -n "$FORCED_KEYRING" ]; then
  	if [ -s "$FORCED_KEYRING" ]; then
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ diff -u -r ../apt-1.1.3/cmdline/apt-key.in ./cmdline/apt-key.in
  	eval $(apt-config shell TRUSTEDPARTS Dir::Etc::TrustedParts/d)
  	if [ -d "$TRUSTEDPARTS" ]; then
  	    # ignore errors mostly for non-existing $TRUSTEDFILE
-@@ -297,7 +294,7 @@
+@@ -316,7 +313,7 @@
  	       done
  	    } > "$PUBRING" 2>/dev/null
  	elif [ -s "$TRUSTEDFILE" ]; then
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ diff -u -r ../apt-1.1.3/cmdline/apt-key.in ./cmdline/apt-key.in
  	fi
      fi
  
-@@ -441,7 +438,7 @@
+@@ -460,7 +457,7 @@
  done
  
  if [ -z "$TRUSTEDFILE" ]; then
diff --git a/packages/apt/connect-use-socklen_t.patch b/packages/apt/connect-use-socklen_t.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1456c0396..000000000
--- a/packages/apt/connect-use-socklen_t.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r ../apt-0.9.16.1/methods/connect.cc ./methods/connect.cc
---- ../apt-0.9.16.1/methods/connect.cc	2014-03-15 17:23:45.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./methods/connect.cc	2014-03-25 01:30:10.924678745 +0100
-@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
- 
-    // Check the socket for an error condition
-    unsigned int Err;
--   unsigned int Len = sizeof(Err);
-+   socklen_t Len = sizeof(Err);
-    if (getsockopt(Fd,SOL_SOCKET,SO_ERROR,&Err,&Len) != 0)
-       return _error->Errno("getsockopt",_("Failed"));
-    
diff --git a/packages/apt/methods-connect.cc.patch b/packages/apt/methods-connect.cc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3275ac8c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apt/methods-connect.cc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff -u -r ../apt-1.1.5/methods/connect.cc ./methods/connect.cc
+--- ../apt-1.1.5/methods/connect.cc	2015-12-14 10:57:32.000000000 -0500
++++ ./methods/connect.cc	2015-12-25 17:51:38.055723065 -0500
+@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
+ 
+    // Check the socket for an error condition
+    unsigned int Err;
+-   unsigned int Len = sizeof(Err);
++   socklen_t Len = sizeof(Err);
+    if (getsockopt(Fd,SOL_SOCKET,SO_ERROR,&Err,&Len) != 0)
+       return _error->Errno("getsockopt",_("Failed"));
+    
+@@ -277,7 +277,9 @@
+    if(LastHost != Host || LastPort != Port)
+    {
+       SrvRecords.clear();
+-      if (_config->FindB("Acquire::EnableSrvRecords", true) == true)
++      /* Disable by default in Termux due to it breaking on (some) HTC
++         devices (https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/99). */
++      if (_config->FindB("Acquire::EnableSrvRecords", false) == true)
+          GetSrvRecords(Host, DefPort, SrvRecords);
+    }
+    // we have no SrvRecords for this host, connect right away