diff --git a/device/community/device-nokia-n900/APKBUILD b/device/community/device-nokia-n900/APKBUILD
index 6131e5b34..f05ed6e8f 100644
--- a/device/community/device-nokia-n900/APKBUILD
+++ b/device/community/device-nokia-n900/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Sicelo <absicsz@gmail.com>
 # Co-Maintainer: Danct12 <danct12@disroot.org>
 pkgname=device-nokia-n900
-pkgver=11
+pkgver=12
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Nokia N900"
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ e440ed7a3070c17e003b86b72dbe6d8194d01b577ca8dd56dd066f216b6dda32bb965c780950f178
 caf9f4c45d11c28e1a6681255fafe5a286b0c417737fac1ca0ee37d3f82fd65c1712f5180375d7813fa308dfdca91d96876b5ce5b05b55ac14cfc31303b1ea5f  lock.sh
 157b27feebcfddf800a1ffd8c6e369d2b58e5db25b1a44b4443dada8d9fe74abb91d036b9f0e97769bbafbdc72020b5637313682c6932fe7b0bddb9ebebbad42  modem-load.conf
 695feac7f69a0ec8c5e007cdb651adcc3492f1c6236e7fd183edec2a5e25cb957d3ace630ea5fdb87fd703e35ac368f1d097c2f881ecb52c9cfd433564db2a6c  modem-opts.conf
-72b1554929843990a7665fdf1e45f7ef304fc45d3fa3b1082dcb9dd6cb9d3e9f6799659a8e2fdbd24a809319654543d1c20a0528856002c3de319d5546e2af8b  modules.blocklist
+862ebc7cd2d7a1b3d41b10701b8418308c89eb0732eb99c42ec1091d48e08db9421727f67a3272b7309549798d59afb1b8d7d2fa48d1447b208fcb2329472d4d  modules.blocklist
 b50e7f37ffb1fa0bb782b117a4e8bcfdb722b6127c3e5d643e90cd901a1f4e65e77a0773ed418673c8195595347482be0c8096f5a723e840315ad61ccd043b66  n900-wlan-data.initd
 143c21f0b18a016d37cb44178e9daea09f128a90769b48353c03c3f245cb9b1f7e773b9ccee084973fc78ddd7a18c2642e54888a85bda7c7daecddc9a8c62eff  pointercal
 239a54ae5c5effb53ccf4d658652c0462da57604b16b77a63627a17caa171caf82e3d1769f9c5afea8756415acbbf3b73db9b57715fce6c70ea3f29e5c6ac84a  uboot-script.cmd
diff --git a/device/community/device-nokia-n900/modules.blocklist b/device/community/device-nokia-n900/modules.blocklist
index f7b84639a..1f9295764 100644
--- a/device/community/device-nokia-n900/modules.blocklist
+++ b/device/community/device-nokia-n900/modules.blocklist
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ blacklist omap3_isp
 blacklist hci_nokia
 blacklist hci_uart
 blacklist ehci_omap
+# do not autoload leds_gpio used by the debug leds, since it is now initialized
+# in ON state, interfering with the keyboard backlight
+blacklist leds_gpio