diff --git a/utils/mc/Config.in b/utils/mc/Config.in
index fcd8fad33..6a96ef247 100644
--- a/utils/mc/Config.in
+++ b/utils/mc/Config.in
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ config MC_CHARSET
 
 config MC_VFS
 	bool "Enable virtual filesystem support"
-	default y
+	default n
 	help
            This option enables the Virtual File System switch code to get
            transparent access to the following file systems:
            cpio, tar, fish, sfs, ftp, sftp, extfs.
-           Enabled by default.
+           Disabled by default.
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/utils/mc/Makefile b/utils/mc/Makefile
index 51384798c..0266be1ae 100644
--- a/utils/mc/Makefile
+++ b/utils/mc/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mc
 PKG_VERSION:=4.8.21
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Dirk Brenken <dev@brenken.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+