diff --git a/0002-autoconf-don-not-use-atfooat-constructs-in-Makefile.am.patch b/0002-autoconf-don-not-use-atfooat-constructs-in-Makefile.am.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 72f9f05..0000000
--- a/0002-autoconf-don-not-use-atfooat-constructs-in-Makefile.am.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@samba.org>
-To: linux-cifs-client@lists.samba.org
-Cc: sjayaraman@suse.de, lars@samba.org
-Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:26:11 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] automake: don't use @foo@ constructs in Makefile.am
-X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.6.1
-
-...use $(foo) instead. That doesn't rely on an explicit AC_SUBST().
-
-Reported-by: Lars Müller <lars@samba.org>
-Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@samba.org>
----
- Makefile.am |    4 ++--
- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
-index 01f1762..1cf7d23 100644
---- a/Makefile.am
-+++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I aclocal
- root_sbindir = "/sbin"
- root_sbin_PROGRAMS = mount.cifs
- mount_cifs_SOURCES = mount.cifs.c mtab.c util.c
--mount_cifs_LDADD = @LIBCAP@ @CAPNG_LDADD@
-+mount_cifs_LDADD = $(LIBCAP) $(CAPNG_LDADD)
- 
- man_MANS = mount.cifs.8
- 
- if CONFIG_CIFSUPCALL
- sbin_PROGRAMS = cifs.upcall
- cifs_upcall_SOURCES = cifs.upcall.c data_blob.c asn1.c spnego.c util.c
--cifs_upcall_LDADD = -ltalloc -lkeyutils @KRB5_LDADD@
-+cifs_upcall_LDADD = -ltalloc -lkeyutils $(KRB5_LDADD)
- man_MANS += cifs.upcall.8
- endif
- 
--- 
-1.6.6.1
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/cifs-utils-4.3.tar.bz2 b/cifs-utils-4.3.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 784db02..0000000
--- a/cifs-utils-4.3.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:78483907ff9aa10d729ee9b7046a45d0d796d44ea0371d7b136ab9b140855495
-size 320993
diff --git a/cifs-utils-4.4.tar.bz2 b/cifs-utils-4.4.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b8e458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cifs-utils-4.4.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:39af3f581d97c69c2da40c0238e598417c426e0e194e27800e787d0652f36b39
+size 321180
diff --git a/cifs-utils.changes b/cifs-utils.changes
index cc42c52..fc416f3 100644
--- a/cifs-utils.changes
+++ b/cifs-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May  4 10:36:02 UTC 2010 - sjayaraman@suse.de
+
+- Update to cifs-utils 4.4.
+  + fix a segfault that could occur when parsing the address list.
+  + fix autoconf/automake problem that could cause compilation to fail.
+  + acquire required capabilities before a couple of operations.
+  + ensure passwords are not left in memory.
+  + cleanup of credential file parsing.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 13 14:59:16 UTC 2010 - lmuelle@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cifs-utils.spec b/cifs-utils.spec
index 6b2b3fd..bb65684 100644
--- a/cifs-utils.spec
+++ b/cifs-utils.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        cifs.init
 Source2:        mkinitrd_scripts_boot-cifs.sh
 Source3:        mkinitrd_scripts_setup-cifs.sh
-Patch:          0002-autoconf-don-not-use-atfooat-constructs-in-Makefile.am.patch
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 PreReq:         insserv %{?fillup_prereq} mkinitrd
 %else
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ the Linux CIFS filesystem.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch -p1
 
 %build
 %{?suse_update_config:%{suse_update_config -f}}