diff --git a/packages/erlang/build.sh b/packages/erlang/build.sh
index 18e70bb450..1fc9675bbe 100644
--- a/packages/erlang/build.sh
+++ b/packages/erlang/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.erlang.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="General-purpose concurrent functional programming language"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="27.1.2"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="27.2"
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/erlang/otp/archive/refs/tags/OTP-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=365208d47f9590f27c0814ccd7ee7aec0e1b6ba2fe9d875e356edb5d9b054541
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=0727cf869622544a2434a104109b31f5fadb8dc6b532287aea182fab95922ea8
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
 TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_VERSION_REGEXP='\d+(\.\d+)+'
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libc++, openssl, ncurses, zlib"
diff --git a/packages/erlang/prefix.patch b/packages/erlang/prefix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f107f76682..0000000000
--- a/packages/erlang/prefix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- ./lib/kernel/src/os.erl	2022-05-17 19:29:45.000000000 +0000
-+++ ./lib/kernel/src/os.erl	2022-05-18 14:34:43.819497497 +0000
-@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@
-     %% Check if the default shell is located in /bin/sh as expected usually
-     %% or in /system/bin/sh as implemented on Android. The raw option is
-     %% used to bypass the file server and speed up the file access.
--    Shell = case file:read_file_info("/bin/sh",[raw]) of
-+    Shell = case file:read_file_info("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/sh",[raw]) of
-                 {ok,#file_info{type=regular}} ->
--                    "/bin/sh";
-+                    "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/sh";
-                 _ ->
-                     case file:read_file_info("/system/bin/sh",[raw]) of
-                         {ok,#file_info{type=regular}} ->