diff --git a/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings/0001-xfsettingsd-use-gnome-as-default-icon-theme.patch b/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings/0001-xfsettingsd-use-gnome-as-default-icon-theme.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d428848293..0000000000
--- a/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings/0001-xfsettingsd-use-gnome-as-default-icon-theme.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From 576e7881bdc84390cc51210ee37e5bdd87a170fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Koen Kooi <koen@dominion.thruhere.net>
-Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:43:09 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] xfsettingsd: use 'gnome' as default icon theme
-
-Signed-off-by: Koen Kooi <koen@dominion.thruhere.net>
----
-
-Upstream-status: unacceptable (config)
-
- xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml |    2 +-
- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml b/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml
-index 049b4ed..d8c6a85 100644
---- a/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml
-+++ b/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
- <channel name="xsettings" version="1.0">
-   <property name="Net" type="empty">
-     <property name="ThemeName" type="string" value="Xfce"/>
--    <property name="IconThemeName" type="string" value="Rodent"/>
-+    <property name="IconThemeName" type="string" value="gnome"/>
-   </property>
-   <property name="Xft" type="empty">
-     <property name="DPI" type="int" value="-1"/>
--- 
-1.6.6.1
-
diff --git a/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings/0001-xsettings.xml-remove-trouble-causing-comment.patch b/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings/0001-xsettings.xml-remove-trouble-causing-comment.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a76fad2aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings/0001-xsettings.xml-remove-trouble-causing-comment.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From a84a7a6537544cdf56e1d4cad47a4cf002964039 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20M=C3=BCller?= <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 15:20:08 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] xsettings.xml: remove trouble causing comment
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+Upstream-status: Pending
+
+
+Signed-off-by: Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+---
+ xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml |    5 -----
+ 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml b/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml
+index 8f9e2eb..49a4c1e 100644
+--- a/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml
++++ b/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml
+@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
+-<!--
+-  Default values for the X settings registry as described in
+-  http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/XSettingsRegistry
+--->
+-
+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+ <channel name="xsettings" version="1.0">
+   <property name="Net" type="empty">
+-- 
+1.7.4.4
+
diff --git a/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings/0002-xsettings.xml-Set-default-themes.patch b/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings/0002-xsettings.xml-Set-default-themes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..498f8d00d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings/0002-xsettings.xml-Set-default-themes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 071a390ba09a8a412f73d295be81a805804a1f24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20M=C3=BCller?= <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 15:22:09 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] xsettings.xml: Set default themes
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+Upstram status:  Inappropriate [configuration]
+
+Signed-off-by: Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
+---
+ xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml |    4 ++--
+ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml b/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml
+index 49a4c1e..5ec94e9 100644
+--- a/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml
++++ b/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml
+@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+ <channel name="xsettings" version="1.0">
+   <property name="Net" type="empty">
+-    <property name="ThemeName" type="empty"/>
+-    <property name="IconThemeName" type="empty"/>
++    <property name="ThemeName" type="string" value="Xfce"/>
++    <property name="IconThemeName" type="string" value="gnome"/>
+     <property name="DoubleClickTime" type="int" value="250"/>
+     <property name="DoubleClickDistance" type="int" value="5"/>
+     <property name="DndDragThreshold" type="int" value="8"/>
+-- 
+1.7.4.4
+
diff --git a/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings_4.8.3.bb b/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings_4.10.0.bb
similarity index 50%
rename from meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings_4.8.3.bb
rename to meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings_4.10.0.bb
index c3dd8fdd51..fb9083dfb7 100644
--- a/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings_4.8.3.bb
+++ b/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings_4.10.0.bb
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ DEPENDS = "exo gtk+ libxfce4util libxfce4ui xfconf dbus-glib libxi virtual/libx1
 
 inherit xfce
 
-SRC_URI += "file://0001-xfsettingsd-use-gnome-as-default-icon-theme.patch"
+SRC_URI += "file://0001-xsettings.xml-remove-trouble-causing-comment.patch \
+            file://0002-xsettings.xml-Set-default-themes.patch"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "cc4dd9179ead9046c056431f01a12000"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0843f09ba9673f1d1b5df8dce4a17b63c183a9ba3be75fb6ef99a67fc8c1f77e"
 
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "4669298cc8a4abf0e5a410016b575030"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "d878cc474e1e677e9607279b9a1007cb90ed35ff078de180259a8b2b8d06bc2e"
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/xfce4"
 
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "gnome-icon-theme"