diff --git a/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot.mk b/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot.mk
index 8567eec..4e8ff25 100644
--- a/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot.mk
+++ b/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER_P8 ?= e28b28fa9995ab3039b44f2c200fdbbc58313677
-HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER ?= ff34b02d569f9c45bcb5a3832fdcd7f12ef07519
+HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER ?= 276ef3b2888634ac21a2bed2bf2c853f7687c1d5
 
 HOSTBOOT_VERSION ?= $(if $(BR2_OPENPOWER_POWER9),$(HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER),$(HOSTBOOT_VERSION_BRANCH_MASTER_P8))
 HOSTBOOT_SITE ?= $(call github,open-power,hostboot,$(HOSTBOOT_VERSION))
diff --git a/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0004-Include-pvpd-header-file-when-reading-from-pnor.patch b/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0004-Include-pvpd-header-file-when-reading-from-pnor.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d4ae13..0000000
--- a/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0004-Include-pvpd-header-file-when-reading-from-pnor.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From 736a9f4abae56b795754d2e41d96a20ebcade574 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Prachi Gupta <pragupta@us.ibm.com>
-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:14:58 -0600
-Subject: [PATCH] Include pvpd header file when reading from pnor in dvpd.C
-
-Change-Id: Idfe1438c80d779cd6dbc0ac6f6bd8def8f64d7b7
----
- src/usr/vpd/dvpd.C | 4 +++-
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/usr/vpd/dvpd.C b/src/usr/vpd/dvpd.C
-index 9ce0999..fdd25c4 100644
---- a/src/usr/vpd/dvpd.C
-+++ b/src/usr/vpd/dvpd.C
-@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
- #include "cvpd.H"
- #include "vpd.H"
- #include <initservice/initserviceif.H>
--
-+#ifdef CONFIG_PVPD_READ_FROM_PNOR
-+#include "pvpd.H"
-+#endif
- 
- // ----------------------------------------------
- // Trace definitions
--- 
-1.8.2.2
-