diff --git a/srcpkgs/kubernetes/patches/fix-version-compare.patch b/srcpkgs/kubernetes/patches/fix-version-compare.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 599951abd86..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/kubernetes/patches/fix-version-compare.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- hack/lib/golang.sh
-+++ hack/lib/golang.sh
-@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ EOF
-   go_version=($(go version))
-   local minimum_go_version
-   minimum_go_version=go1.9.1
--  if [[ "${go_version[2]}" < "${minimum_go_version}" && "${go_version[2]}" != "devel" ]]; then
-+  if [[ "${minimum_go_version}" != $(echo -e "${minimum_go_version}\n${go_version[2]}" | sort -s -t. -k 1,1 -k 2,2n -k 3,3n | head -n1) && "${go_version[2]}" != "devel" ]]; then
-     kube::log::usage_from_stdin <<EOF
- Detected go version: ${go_version[*]}.
- Kubernetes requires ${minimum_go_version} or greater.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kubernetes/template b/srcpkgs/kubernetes/template
index 3925a68f090..433186ee163 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kubernetes/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kubernetes/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'kubernetes'
 pkgname=kubernetes
-version=1.9.3
-revision=2
+version=1.9.4
+revision=1
 build_style=go
 nocross=yes
 only_for_archs="x86_64 x86_64-musl"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 go_import_path="github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes"
 homepage="http://kubernetes.io"
 distfiles="https://$go_import_path/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=47e6043a880deb18340385c6c3f2482a5f4433769e2441a75e5892594d585cdd
+checksum=d4dc8a0d75b0b2de99b5fbb799e487abb11042753fcdab0a933d5622832fcb00
 system_accounts="kube"
 make_dirs="/var/lib/kubelet 0755 kube kube"
 conf_files="/etc/kubernetes/*"