diff --git a/boot/uboot/Config.in b/boot/uboot/Config.in
index bc5ce19daa..d377fd1986 100644
--- a/boot/uboot/Config.in
+++ b/boot/uboot/Config.in
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_PATCH_DIR
 	help
 	  If your board requires custom patches, add the path to the
 	  directory containing the patches here. The patches must be
-	  named uboot-<version>-<something>.patch.
+	  named uboot-<something>.patch.
 
 	  Most users may leave this empty
 
diff --git a/boot/uboot/uboot.mk b/boot/uboot/uboot.mk
index c337e75527..004bdf2bc4 100644
--- a/boot/uboot/uboot.mk
+++ b/boot/uboot/uboot.mk
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ endef
 ifneq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_PATCH_DIR)),)
 define UBOOT_APPLY_CUSTOM_PATCHES
 	support/scripts/apply-patches.sh $(@D) $(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_PATCH_DIR) \
-		uboot-$(UBOOT_VERSION)-\*.patch
+		uboot-\*.patch
 endef
 
 UBOOT_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += UBOOT_APPLY_CUSTOM_PATCHES