diff --git a/utils/lirc/Makefile b/utils/lirc/Makefile
index 6498cb7e0..6d3ca0d59 100644
--- a/utils/lirc/Makefile
+++ b/utils/lirc/Makefile
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=lirc
-PKG_VERSION:=0.8.3
+PKG_VERSION:=0.8.4a
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/${PKG_NAME}
-PKG_MD5SUM:=8e78eeded7b31e5ad02e328970437c0f
+PKG_MD5SUM:=606b714ed843d28060163ffc571fc1f7
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
diff --git a/utils/lirc/patches/100-kcompat.patch b/utils/lirc/patches/100-kcompat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 59073eee3..000000000
--- a/utils/lirc/patches/100-kcompat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- a/drivers/kcompat.h
-+++ b/drivers/kcompat.h
-@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@
- 
- #else /* >= 2.6.15 */
- 
-+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE > KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,25)
-+#define lirc_class_device_create device_create_drvdata
-+#define class_device_destroy device_destroy
-+#else
- #define lirc_class_device_create class_device_create
-+#endif
-+
- #define LIRC_DEVFS_PREFIX
- 
- #endif
diff --git a/utils/lirc/patches/110-semaphore_include.patch b/utils/lirc/patches/110-semaphore_include.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ae322bb92..000000000
--- a/utils/lirc/patches/110-semaphore_include.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN lirc-0.8.3/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c lirc-0.8.3.new/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c
---- lirc-0.8.3/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c	2008-01-13 11:45:02.000000000 +0100
-+++ lirc-0.8.3.new/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c	2009-01-13 00:23:56.000000000 +0100
-@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@
- #include <linux/uaccess.h>
- #include <linux/errno.h>
- #endif
-+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,27)
- #include <asm/semaphore.h>
-+#else
-+#include <linux/semaphore.h>
-+#endif
- #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 0)
- #include <linux/wrapper.h>
- #endif