diff --git a/packages/sysutils/kmod/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/kmod/package.mk
index 1463ad5d5d..613fb923cc 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/kmod/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/kmod/package.mk
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ post_makeinstall_target() {
     ln -sf /usr/bin/kmod $INSTALL/sbin/modinfo
     ln -sf /usr/bin/kmod $INSTALL/sbin/modprobe
 
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc
+    ln -sf /storage/.config/modprobe.d $INSTALL/etc/modprobe.d
+
 # add user modprobe.d dir
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/config/modprobe.d
 }
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/kmod/patches/kmod-01_support-storage-.config-modprobe.d.patch b/packages/sysutils/kmod/patches/kmod-01_support-storage-.config-modprobe.d.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b71b4cd5b..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/kmod/patches/kmod-01_support-storage-.config-modprobe.d.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From 0079354fada76965346bf626cbd40c9ac25f0ce3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Stefan Saraev <stefan@saraev.ca>
-Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 21:14:31 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] support /storage/.config/modprobe.d
-
----
- libkmod/libkmod.c |    1 +
- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/libkmod/libkmod.c b/libkmod/libkmod.c
-index ef83e31..a0d4bda 100644
---- a/libkmod/libkmod.c
-+++ b/libkmod/libkmod.c
-@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static const char *default_config_paths[] = {
- 	SYSCONFDIR "/modprobe.d",
- 	"/run/modprobe.d",
- 	"/lib/modprobe.d",
-+	"/storage/.config/modprobe.d",
- 	NULL
- };
- 
--- 
-1.7.2.5
-