diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
index a3e6ff2fd946..6f80c2c5e928 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mc";
-  version = "4.8.27";
+  version = "4.8.28";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.midnight-commander.org/downloads/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-Mb5ZIl/6mSCBbpqLO+CrIloW0Z5Pr0aJDyW9/6AqT/Q=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-6ZTZvppxcumsSkrWIQeSH2qjEuZosFbf5bi867r1OAM=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config autoreconfHook unzip ]
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--enable-vfs-smb" "PERL=${perl}/bin/perl" ];
+  configureFlags = [ "PERL=${perl}/bin/perl" ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace src/filemanager/ext.c \