diff --git a/patches/getopt.diff b/patches/getopt.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dc0dbf5..00000000
--- a/patches/getopt.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-Index: lib/getopt.c
---- gnulib/lib/getopt.c	Thu Mar 11 15:04:48 2004
-+++ lib/getopt.c	Sun May 16 12:34:12 2004
-@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
- # endif
- #endif
- 
--#ifndef ELIDE_CODE
-+#if defined WANT_INCLUDED_GETOPT || !defined ELIDE_CODE
- 
- 
- /* This needs to come after some library #include
-Index: lib/getopt1.c
---- gnulib/lib/getopt1.c	Tue Mar  9 21:42:23 2004
-+++ lib/getopt1.c	Sun May 16 12:34:36 2004
-@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
- #endif
- #endif
- 
--#ifndef ELIDE_CODE
-+#if defined WANT_INCLUDED_GETOPT || !defined ELIDE_CODE
- 
- 
- /* This needs to come after some library #include