diff --git a/package/base/udev/dont-kill-and-restart-udevd.patch b/package/base/udev/dont-kill-and-restart-udevd.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c8f07aa4b..000000000
--- a/package/base/udev/dont-kill-and-restart-udevd.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
---- ./Makefile.orig	2006-03-14 23:08:37.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./Makefile	2006-03-14 23:09:18.000000000 +0100
-@@ -294,11 +294,6 @@
- 	@extras="$(EXTRAS)"; for target in $$extras; do \
- 		$(MAKE) -C $$target $@ || exit 1; \
- 	done;
--ifndef DESTDIR
--	- killall udevd
--	- rm -rf /dev/.udev
--	- $(sbindir)/udevd --daemon
--endif
- .PHONY: install-bin
- 
- uninstall-bin:
-@@ -307,10 +302,6 @@
- 	- rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(usrsbindir)/udevmonitor
- 	- rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(usrbindir)/udevinfo
- 	- rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(usrbindir)/udevtest
--ifndef DESTDIR
--	- killall udevd
--	- rm -rf /dev/.udev
--endif
- 	@extras="$(EXTRAS)"; for target in $$extras; do \
- 		$(MAKE) -C $$target $@ || exit 1; \
- 	done;
diff --git a/package/base/udev/udev.conf b/package/base/udev/udev.conf
index 4f046624f..c53490eae 100644
--- a/package/base/udev/udev.conf
+++ b/package/base/udev/udev.conf
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 udev_pm() {
-	mkdir -p $root/lib/udev/devices
 	# the deletion and re-creation is needed for stage 9 rebuilds
+	rm -rf $root/lib/{firmware,udev/devices/{pts,shm,bus/usb}}
+	mkdir -p $root/lib/{firmware,udev/devices/{pts,shm,bus/usb}}
+	rm -f $root/lib/udev/devices/null
+	mknod -m0666 $root/lib/udev/devices/null c 1 3
 	rm -f $root/lib/udev/devices/fd 
 	ln -sv /proc/self/fd $root/lib/udev/devices/fd
 	rm -f $root/lib/udev/devices/core
@@ -33,25 +36,29 @@ udev_pm() {
 	ln -sv /proc/self/fd/1 $root/lib/udev/devices/stdout
 	rm -f $root/lib/udev/devices/stderr
 	ln -sv /proc/self/fd/2 $root/lib/udev/devices/stderr
-	rm -rf $root/lib/udev/devices/{pts,shm}
-	mkdir -p $root/lib/udev/devices/{pts,shm,bus/usb}
 	# Somehow on boot-up this prevents errors like:
 	# cp: will not create hard link `/dev/pts' to directory `/dev/bus/usb'
 	touch $root/lib/udev/devices/{pts,shm,bus/usb}/.empty
 
+	# Install LFS-specific rules and docs.
+#	tar $taropt $archdir/udev-config-$udev_config_ver.tar.bz2
+#	cd udev-config-$udev_config_ver
+#	make install
+#	make install-doc
+#	make install-extra-doc
+
 	cp -v $confdir/rules/* $root/etc/udev/rules.d/
 	cp -v $confdir/scripts/*.sh $confdir/scripts/modalias_* $root/lib/udev/
 	chmod +x $root/lib/udev/*.sh $root/lib/udev/modalias_*
-
-	mkdir -p $root/lib/firmware
 }
 
 udev_prem() {
-	for i in $(find extras/ -name Makefile -maxdepth 2); do 
+	for i in $(find extras/ -maxdepth 2 -name Makefile); do
 		udev_extras="${udev_extras} $(dirname ${i})"
 	done
+	# DESTDIR=/ prevents kill and restart of udev.
 	var_append makeopt " " 'EXTRAS="${udev_extras}"'
-	var_append makeinstopt " " 'EXTRAS="${udev_extras}"'
+	var_append makeinstopt " " 'DESTDIR=/ EXTRAS="${udev_extras}"'
 }
 
 prefix=""
diff --git a/package/base/udev/udev.desc b/package/base/udev/udev.desc
index e0b0cfcde..c850c80fc 100644
--- a/package/base/udev/udev.desc
+++ b/package/base/udev/udev.desc
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Beta
-[V] 103
+[V] 103 1
 [P] X -X-3-----9 188.400
 
 [D] 1588207467 udev-103.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/
+# udev configuration from linuxfromscratch.org
+# [O] udev_config_ver=20061021
+# [D] 3022928461 udev-config-20061021.tar.bz2 http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/development/