diff --git a/packages/tools/mtools/package.mk b/packages/tools/mtools/package.mk
index e0dd42e0e8..eed9d81b93 100644
--- a/packages/tools/mtools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/mtools/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="mtools"
-PKG_VERSION="4.0.18"
-PKG_SHA256="59e9cf80885399c4f229e5d87e49c0c2bfeec044e1386d59fcd0b0aead6b2f85"
+PKG_VERSION="4.0.23"
+PKG_SHA256="f188db26751aeb5692a79b2380b440ecc05fd1848a52f869d7ca1193f2ef8ee3"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
diff --git a/packages/tools/mtools/patches/mtools-01-fix-creation-of-dot-directories.patch b/packages/tools/mtools/patches/mtools-01-fix-creation-of-dot-directories.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 282666b694..0000000000
--- a/packages/tools/mtools/patches/mtools-01-fix-creation-of-dot-directories.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur a/direntry.c b/direntry.c
---- a/direntry.c	2016-06-09 11:43:10.440631427 +0100
-+++ b/direntry.c	2016-06-09 11:44:02.084949449 +0100
-@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
- 
- void initializeDirentry(direntry_t *entry, Stream_t *Dir)
- {
-+	memset(entry, 0, sizeof(direntry_t));
- 	entry->entry = -1;
- /*	entry->parent = getDirentry(Dir);*/
- 	entry->Dir = Dir;