diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/open-iscsi/meta b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/open-iscsi/meta
index 0d213ffb3b..0d8b5e6ea3 100644
--- a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/open-iscsi/meta
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/open-iscsi/meta
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="open-iscsi"
-PKG_VERSION="git20120226"
+PKG_VERSION="f9f627f"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://eesprit.free.fr"
-PKG_URL="$PKG_SITE/openelec.tv/bits/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tgz"
+PKG_URL="$PKG_SITE/openelec.tv/bits/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain util-linux"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/open-iscsi/patches/open-iscsi-git20120226_dynamic_linked_iscsistart.patch b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/open-iscsi/patches/open-iscsi-git20120226_dynamic_linked_iscsistart.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 27d30311b8..0000000000
--- a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/open-iscsi/patches/open-iscsi-git20120226_dynamic_linked_iscsistart.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/usr/Makefile	2011-08-05 11:54:52.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/usr/Makefile	2011-08-05 11:55:06.000000000 +0200
-@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
- 
- iscsistart: $(ISCSI_LIB_SRCS) $(INITIATOR_SRCS) $(FW_BOOT_SRCS) \
- 		iscsistart.o statics.o
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -static $^ -o $@
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -o $@
- clean:
- 	rm -f *.o $(PROGRAMS) .depend $(LIBSYS)
-