diff --git a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
index 2e475a30eb..0362da9fb5 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="open-vm-tools"
-PKG_VERSION="9.2.3-1031360"
+PKG_VERSION="9.4.0-1280544"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net"
-PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/project/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/stable-9.2.x/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/project/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/stable-9.4.x/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="glib"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain glib"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
@@ -45,14 +45,11 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-docs \
                            --without-x \
                            --without-icu \
                            --without-procps \
-                           --with-kernel-release=$OPENVMTOOLS_KERNEL_VER \
-                           --with-linuxdir=$(ls -d $ROOT/$BUILD/linux-*)"
+                           --without-kernel-modules"
 
 PKG_MAKE_OPTS_TARGET="CFLAGS+=-DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED"
 
 makeinstall_target() {
-  mkdir -p $INSTALL/lib/modules/$(get_module_dir)/open-vm-tools
-    cp -PR ../modules/linux/vmxnet/vmxnet.ko $INSTALL/lib/modules/$(get_module_dir)/open-vm-tools
 
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
     cp -PR libvmtools/.libs/libvmtools.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-disable-vmhgfs.patch b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-disable-vmhgfs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d157944217..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-disable-vmhgfs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index b79026d..ac73873 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ if test "$os" = "linux"; then
- 
-    LIBVMTOOLS_LIBADD="$LIBVMTOOLS_LIBADD -lrt"
- 
--   MODULES="$MODULES vmxnet vmhgfs"
-+   MODULES="$MODULES vmxnet"
-    # See if we need vmci and vsock modules. Starting with 3.9 they made
-    # their way into mainline kernel.
-    if test "$osVersion" -lt 309000; then
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-linuxdir.patch b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-linuxdir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d7919e41d8..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-linuxdir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/configure b/configure
-index 3861c20..bec644c 100755
---- a/configure
-+++ b/configure
-@@ -2881,7 +2881,7 @@ if test "$with_kernel_modules" = "yes"; then
-          if test ! -d "$LINUXDIR/kernel/"; then
-              as_fn_error $? "$LINUXDIR/kernel does not exist" "$LINENO" 5
-          fi
--         LINUXINCLUDE="$LINUXDIR/build/include"
-+         LINUXINCLUDE="$LINUXDIR/include"
-          if test ! -d "$LINUXINCLUDE"; then
-             as_fn_error $? "Can't find include dir under $LINUXDIR" "$LINENO" 5
-          fi
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index be4a7c0..2bf6779 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ if test "$with_kernel_modules" = "yes"; then
-          if test ! -d "$LINUXDIR/kernel/"; then
-              AC_MSG_ERROR([$LINUXDIR/kernel does not exist])
-          fi
--         LINUXINCLUDE="$LINUXDIR/build/include"
-+         LINUXINCLUDE="$LINUXDIR/include"
-          if test ! -d "$LINUXINCLUDE"; then
-             AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find include dir under $LINUXDIR])
-          fi