diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany/patches/configure.patch b/srcpkgs/geany/patches/configure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 17adbf4ddf..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/geany/patches/configure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
---- configure	2014-04-13 23:37:52.355000000 +0200
-+++ configure	2014-04-13 23:38:32.853000000 +0200
-@@ -6140,14 +6140,6 @@
-   am__fastdepCXX_FALSE=
- fi
- 
--
--# check for C++ compiler explicitly and fail if none is found, do this check
--# after AC_PROG_CXX has set the CXX environment variable
--if ! which $CXX >/dev/null 2>&1; then
--	as_fn_error $? "No C++ compiler found. Please install a C++ compiler." "$LINENO" 5
--fi
--
--
- { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ln -s works" >&5
- $as_echo_n "checking whether ln -s works... " >&6; }
- LN_S=$as_ln_s
diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany/template b/srcpkgs/geany/template
index a7af910048..4e5762bfb7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/geany/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/geany/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.24
 revision=2
 build_style=configure
 configure_args=" --prefix=/usr"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool python"
+hostmakedepends="which pkg-config intltool python"
 makedepends="gtk+-devel vte-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="Fast and lightweight IDE"