diff --git a/config/show_config b/config/show_config
index baa4e50726..5e2e3261b5 100755
--- a/config/show_config
+++ b/config/show_config
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ show_config() {
   if [ "$SWAP_SUPPORT" = "yes" ]; then
     config_message+="\n   - Swapfile default size:\t\t $SWAPFILESIZE"
   fi
-  config_message+="\n - exFAT Support (via Fuse):\t\t $EXFAT"
   config_message+="\n - NTFS Support (via Fuse):\t\t $NTFS3G"
   config_message+="\n - Install HFS Tools:\t\t\t $HFSTOOLS"
 
diff --git a/distributions/LibreELEC/options b/distributions/LibreELEC/options
index bbcb00d8ac..837e38076c 100644
--- a/distributions/LibreELEC/options
+++ b/distributions/LibreELEC/options
@@ -193,9 +193,6 @@
 # This adds support for parted and mkfs.ext3/4 to initramfs for OEM usage
   INITRAMFS_PARTED_SUPPORT="no"
 
-# build and install exFAT fuse support (yes / no)
-  EXFAT="yes"
-
 # build and install NTFS-3G fuse support (yes / no)
   NTFS3G="yes"
 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/fuse-exfat/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/fuse-exfat/package.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 06a66c3058..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/fuse-exfat/package.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-# Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
-
-PKG_NAME="fuse-exfat"
-PKG_VERSION="1.2.8"
-PKG_SHA256="1f357e7026407cba6617acd2a0109ede8292e5ede4addd918c65a7b700ef96cb"
-PKG_LICENSE="GPLv2+"
-PKG_SITE="https://github.com/relan/exfat"
-PKG_URL="https://github.com/relan/exfat/releases/download/v$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain fuse"
-PKG_LONGDESC="This project aims to provide a full-featured exFAT file system implementation for GNU/Linux other Unix-like systems as a FUSE module."
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/udevil/config/udevil.conf b/packages/sysutils/udevil/config/udevil.conf
index d2f653a235..4211a25c2b 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/udevil/config/udevil.conf
+++ b/packages/sysutils/udevil/config/udevil.conf
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ log_keep_days = 10
 # Setting allowed_types = * does NOT allow all types, as this is a security
 # risk, but does allow all recognized types.
 # allowed_types = $KNOWN_FILESYSTEMS, file, cifs, smbfs, nfs, curlftpfs, ftpfs, sshfs, davfs, tmpfs, ramfs
-allowed_types = $KNOWN_FILESYSTEMS, hfsplus, hfs
+allowed_types = $KNOWN_FILESYSTEMS, hfsplus, hfs, exfat
 
 
 # allowed_users is a list of users permitted to mount and unmount with udevil.
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ default_options_file      = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime, uid=$UID, gid=$GID,
 default_options_iso9660   = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime, uid=$UID, gid=$GID, ro, utf8
 default_options_udf       = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime, uid=$UID, gid=$GID
 default_options_vfat      = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime, fmask=0133, dmask=0022, uid=$UID, gid=$GID, utf8
-default_options_exfat     = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime, utf8, nonempty
+default_options_exfat     = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime
 default_options_msdos     = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime, fmask=0133, dmask=0022, uid=$UID, gid=$GID
 default_options_umsdos    = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime, fmask=0133, dmask=0022, uid=$UID, gid=$GID
 default_options_ntfs      = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime, big_writes, fmask=0133, uid=$UID, gid=$GID, utf8
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ allowed_options_smbfs     = nosuid, noexec, nodev, ro, rw, remount, port=*, user
 allowed_options_sshfs     = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime, ro, rw, uid=$UID, gid=$GID, nonempty, allow_other, idmap=user, BatchMode=yes, port=*
 allowed_options_curlftpfs = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime, ro, rw, uid=$UID, gid=$GID, nonempty, allow_other, user=*
 allowed_options_ftpfs     = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime, ro, rw, port=*, user=*, pass=*, ip=*, root=*, uid=$UID, gid=$GID
-allowed_options_exfat     = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime, ro, rw, uid=$UID, gid=$GID, utf8, nonempty
+allowed_options_exfat     = nosuid, noexec, nodev, noatime, ro, rw, uid=$UID, gid=$GID
 
 
 # mount_point_mode, if present and set to a non-empty value, will cause udevil
diff --git a/packages/virtual/image/package.mk b/packages/virtual/image/package.mk
index 935387dff7..1b4b85568f 100644
--- a/packages/virtual/image/package.mk
+++ b/packages/virtual/image/package.mk
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Root package used to build and create complete image"
 # Automounter support
 [ "$UDEVIL" = "yes" ] && PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" udevil"
 
-# EXFAT support
-[ "$EXFAT" = "yes" ] && PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" fuse-exfat"
-
 # NTFS 3G support
 [ "$NTFS3G" = "yes" ] && PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs"
 
diff --git a/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.aarch64.conf b/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.aarch64.conf
index 6b74b43dcc..b05ad99598 100644
--- a/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.aarch64.conf
+++ b/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.aarch64.conf
@@ -5630,7 +5630,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems
 
diff --git a/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.arm.conf b/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.arm.conf
index 5e8b48ec24..8c5c98b464 100644
--- a/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.arm.conf
+++ b/projects/Allwinner/linux/linux.arm.conf
@@ -5462,7 +5462,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems
 
diff --git a/projects/Amlogic/linux/linux.aarch64.conf b/projects/Amlogic/linux/linux.aarch64.conf
index 17cda4bd5f..98a10a1df6 100644
--- a/projects/Amlogic/linux/linux.aarch64.conf
+++ b/projects/Amlogic/linux/linux.aarch64.conf
@@ -5438,7 +5438,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="ascii"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems
 
diff --git a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
index 075b34f7c1..be4421ccf4 100644
--- a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
+++ b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
@@ -5671,7 +5671,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="ascii"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems
 
diff --git a/projects/NXP/devices/iMX6/linux/linux.arm.conf b/projects/NXP/devices/iMX6/linux/linux.arm.conf
index 4a68c8fe8c..d4cecfbabb 100644
--- a/projects/NXP/devices/iMX6/linux/linux.arm.conf
+++ b/projects/NXP/devices/iMX6/linux/linux.arm.conf
@@ -5463,7 +5463,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems
 
diff --git a/projects/RPi/devices/RPi/linux/linux.arm.conf b/projects/RPi/devices/RPi/linux/linux.arm.conf
index c1410da62a..bde9753ce4 100644
--- a/projects/RPi/devices/RPi/linux/linux.arm.conf
+++ b/projects/RPi/devices/RPi/linux/linux.arm.conf
@@ -4773,7 +4773,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="ascii"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems
 
diff --git a/projects/RPi/devices/RPi2/linux/linux.arm.conf b/projects/RPi/devices/RPi2/linux/linux.arm.conf
index ed05a7789c..4aeb4cd614 100644
--- a/projects/RPi/devices/RPi2/linux/linux.arm.conf
+++ b/projects/RPi/devices/RPi2/linux/linux.arm.conf
@@ -4918,7 +4918,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="ascii"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems
 
diff --git a/projects/RPi/devices/RPi4/linux/linux.arm.conf b/projects/RPi/devices/RPi4/linux/linux.arm.conf
index 2755b2816c..6a9f10349d 100644
--- a/projects/RPi/devices/RPi4/linux/linux.arm.conf
+++ b/projects/RPi/devices/RPi4/linux/linux.arm.conf
@@ -5510,7 +5510,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="ascii"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems
 
diff --git a/projects/Rockchip/devices/RK3288/linux/default/linux.arm.conf b/projects/Rockchip/devices/RK3288/linux/default/linux.arm.conf
index 1907ff255a..8cdaa9daa5 100644
--- a/projects/Rockchip/devices/RK3288/linux/default/linux.arm.conf
+++ b/projects/Rockchip/devices/RK3288/linux/default/linux.arm.conf
@@ -5116,7 +5116,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems
 
diff --git a/projects/Rockchip/devices/RK3328/linux/default/linux.aarch64.conf b/projects/Rockchip/devices/RK3328/linux/default/linux.aarch64.conf
index a472fbf0a7..7dc6d65508 100644
--- a/projects/Rockchip/devices/RK3328/linux/default/linux.aarch64.conf
+++ b/projects/Rockchip/devices/RK3328/linux/default/linux.aarch64.conf
@@ -5109,7 +5109,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems
 
diff --git a/projects/Rockchip/devices/RK3399/linux/default/linux.aarch64.conf b/projects/Rockchip/devices/RK3399/linux/default/linux.aarch64.conf
index a279c4745b..a06132a50c 100644
--- a/projects/Rockchip/devices/RK3399/linux/default/linux.aarch64.conf
+++ b/projects/Rockchip/devices/RK3399/linux/default/linux.aarch64.conf
@@ -5109,7 +5109,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems
 
diff --git a/projects/Samsung/linux/linux.arm.conf b/projects/Samsung/linux/linux.arm.conf
index 678934bb8d..edcc7ec2e5 100644
--- a/projects/Samsung/linux/linux.arm.conf
+++ b/projects/Samsung/linux/linux.arm.conf
@@ -4796,7 +4796,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="ascii"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems