diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/default.nix
index 2119c10b9cf..e709523f452 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook,
-  gzip, bzip2, pkg-config, flex, check,
-  pam, coreutils
+  pkg-config, flex, check, pam, coreutils
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "kbd";
-  version = "2.0.4";
+  version = "2.4.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/utils/kbd/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "124swm93dm4ca0pifgkrand3r9gvj3019d4zkfxsj9djpvv0mnaz";
+    sha256 = "17wvrqz2kk0w87idinhyvd31ih1dp7ldfl2yfx7ailygb0279w2m";
   };
 
   configureFlags = [
@@ -18,13 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--disable-nls"
   ];
 
-  patches = [ ./search-paths.patch ];
-
   postPatch =
     ''
-      # Add Neo keymap subdirectory
-      sed -i -e 's,^KEYMAPSUBDIRS *= *,&i386/neo ,' data/Makefile.am
-
       # Renaming keymaps with name clashes, because loadkeys just picks
       # the first keymap it sees. The clashing names lead to e.g.
       # "loadkeys no" defaulting to a norwegian dvorak map instead of
@@ -33,21 +27,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       mv qwertz/cz{,-qwertz}.map
       mv olpc/es{,-olpc}.map
       mv olpc/pt{,-olpc}.map
-      mv dvorak/{no.map,dvorak-no.map}
       mv fgGIod/trf{,-fgGIod}.map
       mv colemak/{en-latin9,colemak}.map
       popd
-
-      # Fix the path to gzip/bzip2.
-      substituteInPlace src/libkeymap/findfile.c \
-        --replace gzip ${gzip}/bin/gzip \
-        --replace bzip2 ${bzip2.bin}/bin/bzip2 \
-
-      # We get a warning in armv5tel-linux and the fuloong2f, so we
-      # disable -Werror in it.
-      ${lib.optionalString (stdenv.isAarch32 || stdenv.hostPlatform.isMips) ''
-        sed -i s/-Werror// src/Makefile.am
-      ''}
     '';
 
   postInstall = ''
@@ -57,16 +39,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
-
   buildInputs = [ check pam ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config flex ];
 
-  makeFlags = [ "setowner=" ];
-
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "ftp://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/legion/kbd/";
-    description = "Linux keyboard utilities and keyboard maps";
+    homepage = "https://kbd-project.org/";
+    description = "Linux keyboard tools and keyboard maps";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [  ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/search-paths.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/search-paths.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c9405a56721..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/search-paths.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/libkeymap/analyze.l
-+++ b/src/libkeymap/analyze.l
-@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ stack_pop(struct lk_ctx *ctx, void *scan
- static const char *const include_dirpath0[] = { "", 0 };
- static const char *const include_dirpath1[] = { "", "../include/", "../../include/", 0 };
- static const char *const include_dirpath3[] = {
-+ 	"/etc/kbd/" KEYMAPDIR "/include/",
-+ 	"/etc/kbd/" KEYMAPDIR "/i386/include/",
-+ 	"/etc/kbd/" KEYMAPDIR "/mac/include/",
- 	DATADIR "/" KEYMAPDIR "/include/",
- 	DATADIR "/" KEYMAPDIR "/i386/include/",
- 	DATADIR "/" KEYMAPDIR "/mac/include/", 0
---- a/src/loadkeys.c
-+++ b/src/loadkeys.c
-@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
- #include "keymap.h"
- 
- static const char *progname         = NULL;
--static const char *const dirpath1[] = { "", DATADIR "/" KEYMAPDIR "/**", KERNDIR "/", 0 };
-+static const char *const dirpath1[] = { "", "/etc/kbd/" KEYMAPDIR "/**", DATADIR "/" KEYMAPDIR "/**", 0 };
- static const char *const suffixes[] = { "", ".kmap", ".map", 0 };
- 
- static void __attribute__((noreturn))
---- a/src/loadunimap.c
-+++ b/src/loadunimap.c
-@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
- extern char *progname;
- extern int force;
- 
--static const char *const unidirpath[]  = { "", DATADIR "/" UNIMAPDIR "/", 0 };
-+static const char *const unidirpath[]  = { "", "/etc/kbd/" UNIMAPDIR "/", DATADIR "/" UNIMAPDIR "/", 0 };
- static const char *const unisuffixes[] = { "", ".uni", ".sfm", 0 };
- 
- #ifdef MAIN
---- a/src/mapscrn.c
-+++ b/src/mapscrn.c
-@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void loadnewmap(int fd, char *mfil);
- static int ctoi(char *);
- 
- /* search for the map file in these directories (with trailing /) */
--static const char *const mapdirpath[]  = { "", DATADIR "/" TRANSDIR "/", 0 };
-+static const char *const mapdirpath[]  = { "", "/etc/kbd/" TRANSDIR "/", DATADIR "/" TRANSDIR "/", 0 };
- static const char *const mapsuffixes[] = { "", ".trans", "_to_uni.trans", ".acm", 0 };
- 
- #ifdef MAIN
---- a/src/resizecons.c
-+++ b/src/resizecons.c
-@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int vga_get_fontheight(void);
- static void vga_set_cursor(int, int);
- static void vga_set_verticaldisplayend_lowbyte(int);
- 
--const char *const dirpath[]  = { "", DATADIR "/" VIDEOMODEDIR "/", 0 };
-+const char *const dirpath[]  = { "", "/etc/kbd/" VIDEOMODEDIR "/", DATADIR "/" VIDEOMODEDIR "/", 0};
- const char *const suffixes[] = { "", 0 };
- 
- int main(int argc, char **argv)
---- a/src/setfont.c
-+++ b/src/setfont.c
-@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ int force   = 0;
- int debug   = 0;
- 
- /* search for the font in these directories (with trailing /) */
--const char *const fontdirpath[]  = { "", DATADIR "/" FONTDIR "/", 0 };
-+const char *const fontdirpath[]  = { "", "/etc/kbd/" FONTDIR "/", DATADIR "/" FONTDIR "/", 0 };
- const char *const fontsuffixes[] = { "", ".psfu", ".psf", ".cp", ".fnt", 0 };
- /* hide partial fonts a bit - loading a single one is a bad idea */
--const char *const partfontdirpath[]  = { "", DATADIR "/" FONTDIR "/" PARTIALDIR "/", 0 };
-+const char *const partfontdirpath[]  = { "", "/etc/kbd/" FONTDIR "/" PARTIALDIR "/", DATADIR "/" FONTDIR "/" PARTIALDIR "/", 0 };
- const char *const partfontsuffixes[] = { "", 0 };
- 
- static inline int