diff --git a/srcpkgs/libXft/patches/freetype_header.patch b/srcpkgs/libXft/patches/freetype_header.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f58575563a..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libXft/patches/freetype_header.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From 4acfdaf95adb0a05c2a25550bdde036c865902f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
-Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 15:26:24 +0000
-Subject: Use FT_*_H macros instead of including <freetype/*.h>
-
-freetype moved its headers around in 2.5.1.
-
-Signed-off-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
----
-diff --git a/src/xftglyphs.c b/src/xftglyphs.c
-index 2f3dc5a..4b5fb82 100644
---- src/xftglyphs.c
-+++ src/xftglyphs.c
-@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
-  */
- 
- #include "xftint.h"
--#include <freetype/ftoutln.h>
--#include <freetype/ftlcdfil.h>
-+#include FT_OUTLINE_H
-+#include FT_LCD_FILTER_H
- 
--#include <freetype/ftsynth.h>
-+#include FT_SYNTHESIS_H
- 
- /*
-  * Validate the memory info for a font
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