diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems/recipes-utils/aufs-util/aufs-util/0001-libau-Define-STRIP-weakly.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems/recipes-utils/aufs-util/aufs-util/0001-libau-Define-STRIP-weakly.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6732dc4..0000000
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems/recipes-utils/aufs-util/aufs-util/0001-libau-Define-STRIP-weakly.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-From daf04dc9ca1f2e4c65ec338ab439e0a792e1a8ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 10:36:52 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] libau: Define STRIP weakly
-
-STRIP can be set on environment to use cross version of strip utility
-hardcoding to strip is not working in cross environment
-
-Upstream-Status: Submitted
-
-Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
-
----
- libau/Makefile | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/libau/Makefile b/libau/Makefile
-index 81520ac..c25eef2 100644
---- a/libau/Makefile
-+++ b/libau/Makefile
-@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ LibSoHdr = libau.h rdu.h
- LibSoExport = $(addsuffix .exp, $(basename ${LibSoObj}))
- LibSoExportErr = $(addsuffix .err, ${LibSoExport})
- LibSoVerScript = verscript
-+STRIP ?= strip
- 
- all: ${LibSo}
- 
-@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ ${LibSo}.${LibSoMajor}.${LibSoMinor}: ${LibSoObj}
- 	${CC} --shared -Wl,-soname,${LibSo}.${LibSoMajor} \
- 		-Wl,--version-script,${LibSoVerScript} \
- 		${LDFLAGS} -o $@ $^ ${LDLIBS}
--	strip -R EXP $@
-+	${STRIP} -R EXP $@
- #	readelf --syms --use-dynamic libau.so
- 
- install_ulib: File = ${LibSo}.${LibSoMajor}.${LibSoMinor}
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems/recipes-utils/aufs-util/aufs-util_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems/recipes-utils/aufs-util/aufs-util_git.bb
index 2e855e3..6d71fc0 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems/recipes-utils/aufs-util/aufs-util_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems/recipes-utils/aufs-util/aufs-util_git.bb
@@ -7,17 +7,18 @@
 DEPENDS = "coreutils-native aufs-util-native"
 DEPENDS_class-native = ""
 
-SRCREV = "89afb1806c3d2eed8db2666ae254b77518ae3ceb"
-SRC_URI = "git://git.code.sf.net/p/aufs/aufs-util;protocol=git;branch=aufs4.4 \
-           https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sfjro/aufs4-linux/aufs4.4/include/uapi/linux/aufs_type.h;name=aufs_type \
+SRCREV = "8f35db59ef83078f87879ec2828e0bb45719e0ef"
+SRC_URI = "git://git.code.sf.net/p/aufs/aufs-util;protocol=git;branch=aufs4.9 \
+           https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sfjro/aufs4-linux/aufs4.9/include/uapi/linux/aufs_type.h;name=aufs_type \
            file://aufs-util-don-t-strip-executables.patch \
            file://aufs-util-add-tool-concept-to-Makefile-for-cross-com.patch \
-           file://0001-libau-Define-STRIP-weakly.patch \
 "
-SRC_URI[aufs_type.md5sum] = "f7b4a255dcb55fe7b0967f5f59b44f19"
-SRC_URI[aufs_type.sha256sum] = "85bc8e4c1a94a7d526c382e4b047b4256cab8c4a65fc0396291707ad9a327a18"
+SRC_URI[aufs_type.md5sum] = "b37129ef0703de72a852db7e48bdedc6"
+SRC_URI[aufs_type.sha256sum] = "7ff6566adb9c7a3b6862cdc85a690ab546f1d0bc81ddd595fd663c0a69031683"
 
-PV = "4.4+git${SRCPV}"
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"
+
+PV = "4.9+git${SRCPV}"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"