diff --git a/utils/kmod/Makefile b/utils/kmod/Makefile
index fd8e5807c..b8e91a9ee 100644
--- a/utils/kmod/Makefile
+++ b/utils/kmod/Makefile
@@ -8,19 +8,20 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=kmod
-PKG_VERSION:=20
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_VERSION:=27
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/
-PKG_HASH:=89c1a1a2193c31f9ebe582640bfa2bd401341dc24119f5a7f702588116fadaa0
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/linux/utils/kernel/kmod
+PKG_HASH:=c1d3fbf16ca24b95f334c1de1b46f17bbe5a10b0e81e72668bdc922ebffbbc0c
+
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jeff Waugh <jdub@bethesignal.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-or-later
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
-PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 
-PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
diff --git a/utils/kmod/patches/001-fix_pkgconfig_file.patch b/utils/kmod/patches/001-fix_pkgconfig_file.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1891078d7..000000000
--- a/utils/kmod/patches/001-fix_pkgconfig_file.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- a/Makefile.am
-+++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ SED_PROCESS = \
- 	-e 's,@zlib_LIBS\@,${zlib_LIBS},g' \
- 	< $< > $@ || rm $@
- 
--%.pc: %.pc.in Makefile
--	$(SED_PROCESS)
--
- LIBKMOD_CURRENT=4
- LIBKMOD_REVISION=9
- LIBKMOD_AGE=2
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
- AC_CONFIG_FILES([
- 	Makefile
- 	man/Makefile
-+	libkmod/libkmod.pc
- 	libkmod/docs/Makefile
- 	libkmod/docs/version.xml
- ])