diff --git a/base/linalg/matmul.jl b/base/linalg/matmul.jl
index b1e777142e660..a8d18032112b1 100644
--- a/base/linalg/matmul.jl
+++ b/base/linalg/matmul.jl
@@ -203,23 +203,18 @@ function copytri!(A::StridedMatrix, uplo::Char, conjugate::Bool=false)
     A
 end
 
-if Base.blas_vendor() == :openblas
-    ## Avoid calling BLAS.gemv! when OpenBLAS is being used until #6941 is fixed.
-    gemv!{T<:BlasFloat}(y::StridedVector{T}, tA::Char, A::StridedMatrix{T}, x::StridedVector{T}) = generic_matvecmul!(y, tA, A, x)
-else
-    function gemv!{T<:BlasFloat}(y::StridedVector{T}, tA::Char, A::StridedMatrix{T}, x::StridedVector{T})
-        stride(A, 1)==1 || return generic_matvecmul!(y, tA, A, x)
-        if tA != 'N'
-            (nA, mA) = size(A)
-        else
-            (mA, nA) = size(A)
-        end
-        nA==length(x) || throw(DimensionMismatch(""))
-        mA==length(y) || throw(DimensionMismatch(""))
-        mA == 0 && return zeros(T, 0)
-        nA == 0 && return zeros(T, mA)
-        return BLAS.gemv!(tA, one(T), A, x, zero(T), y)
+function gemv!{T<:BlasFloat}(y::StridedVector{T}, tA::Char, A::StridedMatrix{T}, x::StridedVector{T})
+    stride(A, 1)==1 || return generic_matvecmul!(y, tA, A, x)
+    if tA != 'N'
+        (nA, mA) = size(A)
+    else
+        (mA, nA) = size(A)
     end
+    nA==length(x) || throw(DimensionMismatch(""))
+    mA==length(y) || throw(DimensionMismatch(""))
+    mA == 0 && return zeros(T, 0)
+    nA == 0 && return zeros(T, mA)
+    return BLAS.gemv!(tA, one(T), A, x, zero(T), y)
 end
 
 function syrk_wrapper!{T<:BlasFloat}(C::StridedMatrix{T}, tA::Char, A::StridedMatrix{T})
diff --git a/deps/Makefile b/deps/Makefile
index db4350a2b5091..d375c0ec2c95b 100644
--- a/deps/Makefile
+++ b/deps/Makefile
@@ -799,13 +799,6 @@ openblas-$(OPENBLAS_VER)/config.status: openblas-$(OPENBLAS_VER).tar.gz
 	mkdir -p openblas-$(OPENBLAS_VER) && \
 	$(TAR) -C openblas-$(OPENBLAS_VER) --strip-components 1 -xf $<
 	perl -i -ple 's/^\s*(EXTRALIB\s*\+=\s*-lSystemStubs)\s*$$/# $$1/g' openblas-$(OPENBLAS_VER)/Makefile.system
-ifeq  ($(OPENBLAS_VER),v0.2.8)
-	cd openblas-$(OPENBLAS_VER)/lapack-netlib/SRC && \
-		patch < ../../../dlasd4-lapack-3.4.2.patch && \
-		patch < ../../../slasd4-lapack-3.4.2.patch
-	cd openblas-$(OPENBLAS_VER)/exports && \
-		patch < ../../openblas-link-osx109.patch
-endif
 	echo 1 > $@
 $(OPENBLAS_OBJ_SOURCE): openblas-$(OPENBLAS_VER)/config.status
 	$(MAKE) -C openblas-$(OPENBLAS_VER) $(OPENBLAS_BUILD_OPTS) || (echo "*** Clean the OpenBLAS build with 'make -C deps clean-openblas'. Rebuild with 'make OPENBLAS_USE_THREAD=0 if OpenBLAS had trouble linking libpthread.so, and with 'make OPENBLAS_TARGET_ARCH=NEHALEM' if there were errors building SandyBridge support. Both these options can also be used simultaneously. ***" && false)
@@ -930,7 +923,6 @@ lapack-$(LAPACK_VER).tgz:
 lapack-$(LAPACK_VER)/Makefile: lapack-$(LAPACK_VER).tgz
 	$(JLCHECKSUM) $<
 	$(TAR) zxf $<
-	cd lapack-$(LAPACK_VER)/SRC && patch < ../../dlasd4-lapack-3.4.2.patch && patch < ../../slasd4-lapack-3.4.2.patch
 	touch -c $@
 ifeq ($(USE_SYSTEM_BLAS), 0)
 lapack-$(LAPACK_VER)/liblapack.a: | $(OPENBLAS_OBJ_TARGET)
diff --git a/deps/Versions.make b/deps/Versions.make
index 91a105c720b13..fdcd79caf2237 100644
--- a/deps/Versions.make
+++ b/deps/Versions.make
@@ -3,12 +3,8 @@ LLVM_LIB_SUFFIX =
 PCRE_VER = 8.31
 GRISU_VER = 1.1.1
 DSFMT_VER = 2.2
-ifeq ($(OS),WINNT)
-OPENBLAS_VER = v0.2.9.rc1
-else
-OPENBLAS_VER = v0.2.8
-endif
-LAPACK_VER = 3.4.2
+OPENBLAS_VER = v0.2.9
+LAPACK_VER = 3.5.0
 ARPACK_VER = 3.1.5
 FFTW_VER = 3.3.3
 SUITESPARSE_VER = 4.2.1
diff --git a/deps/checksums/lapack-3.5.0.tgz/md5 b/deps/checksums/lapack-3.5.0.tgz/md5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a1e6c43f2278d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/checksums/lapack-3.5.0.tgz/md5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b1d3e3e425b2e44a06760ff173104bdf
diff --git a/deps/checksums/lapack-3.5.0.tgz/sha512 b/deps/checksums/lapack-3.5.0.tgz/sha512
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..de7df8cb34518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/checksums/lapack-3.5.0.tgz/sha512
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b948a0a0db032bda455ec4f519d4e89e4c29e29cecb5b6258ca61f68faaeeac9fdf4ece5c39ffcd0154c5505facbc392c7d09c8348b1d60bdd2685153ab2543f
diff --git a/deps/checksums/openblas-v0.2.9.rc1.tar.gz/md5 b/deps/checksums/openblas-v0.2.9.rc1.tar.gz/md5
deleted file mode 100644
index 1471a06fcac33..0000000000000
--- a/deps/checksums/openblas-v0.2.9.rc1.tar.gz/md5
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-34b03e26a7240c640978a4d3b87849a3
diff --git a/deps/checksums/openblas-v0.2.9.rc1.tar.gz/sha512 b/deps/checksums/openblas-v0.2.9.rc1.tar.gz/sha512
deleted file mode 100644
index f5fc22fa73957..0000000000000
--- a/deps/checksums/openblas-v0.2.9.rc1.tar.gz/sha512
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-db1fa3ac4572869dbdf4c887fa6112419464accbfb311d9c9ca8bcde8882208001963dbbeb6afa350ca0d72c13fdda0ab7c6bc464de93d9af0889a0b361c0f97
diff --git a/deps/checksums/openblas-v0.2.9.tar.gz/md5 b/deps/checksums/openblas-v0.2.9.tar.gz/md5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..11f315b5b8156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/checksums/openblas-v0.2.9.tar.gz/md5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b3af3bed5f353d1fc024cab1b836ac3e
diff --git a/deps/checksums/openblas-v0.2.9.tar.gz/sha512 b/deps/checksums/openblas-v0.2.9.tar.gz/sha512
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ee26eac411508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/checksums/openblas-v0.2.9.tar.gz/sha512
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+26675d3f66121e1be1b1ab149883afb392fa40f313380416d2e56093cf88c64e5d36dab366c734b9d5e9a4bd49085235cb73d819e9b559e924039cd2b42aa2f9
diff --git a/deps/dlasd4-lapack-3.4.2.patch b/deps/dlasd4-lapack-3.4.2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 90d5dc91eb663..0000000000000
--- a/deps/dlasd4-lapack-3.4.2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
---- openblas-v0.2.8/lapack-netlib/SRC/dlasd4.f	2013-08-13 12:26:35.000000000 +0530
-+++ dlasd4.f.new	2013-08-13 12:25:32.000000000 +0530
-@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@
- *
-       EPS = DLAMCH( 'Epsilon' )
-       RHOINV = ONE / RHO
-+      TAU2= ZERO
- *
- *     The case I = N
- *
-@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@
-                ELSE
-                   TAU2 = ( A+SQRT( A*A+FOUR*B*C ) ) / ( TWO*C )
-                END IF
-+               TAU = TAU2 / ( D( N )+SQRT( D( N )*D( N )+TAU2 ) )
-             END IF
- *
- *           It can be proved that
-@@ -293,6 +295,8 @@
-             ELSE
-                TAU2 = ( A+SQRT( A*A+FOUR*B*C ) ) / ( TWO*C )
-             END IF
-+            TAU = TAU2 / ( D( N )+SQRT( D( N )*D( N )+TAU2 ) )
-+
- *
- *           It can be proved that
- *           D(N)^2 < D(N)^2+TAU2 < SIGMA(N)^2 < D(N)^2+RHO/2
-@@ -301,7 +305,7 @@
- *
- *        The following TAU is to approximate SIGMA_n - D( N )
- *
--         TAU = TAU2 / ( D( N )+SQRT( D( N )*D( N )+TAU2 ) )
-+*         TAU = TAU2 / ( D( N )+SQRT( D( N )*D( N )+TAU2 ) )
- *
-          SIGMA = D( N ) + TAU
-          DO 30 J = 1, N
diff --git a/deps/openblas-link-osx109.patch b/deps/openblas-link-osx109.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c99b64f1a9036..0000000000000
--- a/deps/openblas-link-osx109.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.orig	2013-08-01 11:53:12.000000000 -0400
-+++ Makefile	2013-10-25 15:08:04.000000000 -0400
-@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
- 	perl ./gensymbol win2khpl $(ARCH) dummy $(EXPRECISION) $(NO_CBLAS) $(NO_LAPACK) $(NO_LAPACKE) $(NEED2UNDERSCORES) > $(@F)
- 
- $(LIBDYNNAME) : ../$(LIBNAME) osx.def
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -all_load -headerpad_max_install_names -install_name $(CURDIR)/../$(LIBDYNNAME) -dynamiclib -o ../$(LIBDYNNAME) $< -Wl,-exported_symbols_list,osx.def  $(FEXTRALIB)
-+	$(FC) $(FFLAGS) -all_load -headerpad_max_install_names -install_name $(CURDIR)/../$(LIBDYNNAME) -dynamiclib -o ../$(LIBDYNNAME) $< -Wl,-exported_symbols_list,osx.def  $(FEXTRALIB)
- 
- symbol.$(SUFFIX) : symbol.S
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $(@F) $^
diff --git a/deps/slasd4-lapack-3.4.2.patch b/deps/slasd4-lapack-3.4.2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e28fc8be36ef..0000000000000
--- a/deps/slasd4-lapack-3.4.2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
---- openblas-v0.2.8/lapack-netlib/SRC/slasd4.f	2013-08-01 21:23:12.000000000 +0530
-+++ slasd4.f.new	2013-08-13 11:58:06.000000000 +0530
-@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@
- *
-       EPS = SLAMCH( 'Epsilon' )
-       RHOINV = ONE / RHO
-+      TAU2= ZERO
- *
- *     The case I = N
- *
-@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@
-                ELSE
-                   TAU2 = ( A+SQRT( A*A+FOUR*B*C ) ) / ( TWO*C )
-                END IF
-+               TAU = TAU2 / ( D( N )+SQRT( D( N )*D( N )+TAU2 ) )
-             END IF
- *
- *           It can be proved that
-@@ -293,6 +295,8 @@
-             ELSE
-                TAU2 = ( A+SQRT( A*A+FOUR*B*C ) ) / ( TWO*C )
-             END IF
-+            TAU = TAU2 / ( D( N )+SQRT( D( N )*D( N )+TAU2 ) )
-+
- *
- *           It can be proved that
- *           D(N)^2 < D(N)^2+TAU2 < SIGMA(N)^2 < D(N)^2+RHO/2
-@@ -301,7 +305,7 @@
- *
- *        The following TAU is to approximate SIGMA_n - D( N )
- *
--         TAU = TAU2 / ( D( N )+SQRT( D( N )*D( N )+TAU2 ) )
-+*         TAU = TAU2 / ( D( N )+SQRT( D( N )*D( N )+TAU2 ) )
- *
-          SIGMA = D( N ) + TAU
-          DO 30 J = 1, N
diff --git a/test/linalg1.jl b/test/linalg1.jl
index 04c450d10569d..bb6b2a67990bd 100644
--- a/test/linalg1.jl
+++ b/test/linalg1.jl
@@ -266,3 +266,7 @@ debug && println("Matrix square root")
     end
 end
 end
+
+#6941
+#@test (ones(10^7,4)*ones(4))[3] == 4.0
+