diff --git a/templates/libtool-xbps-fixes.diff b/templates/libtool-xbps-fixes.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index e2e114200c..0000000000
--- a/templates/libtool-xbps-fixes.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
---- libltdl/config/ltmain.sh.orig	2008-09-07 19:56:33.000000000 +0200
-+++ libltdl/config/ltmain.sh	2008-10-16 04:51:14.000000000 +0200
-@@ -2018,8 +2018,8 @@ func_mode_install ()
- 	  # At present, this check doesn't affect windows .dll's that
- 	  # are installed into $libdir/../bin (currently, that works fine)
- 	  # but it's something to keep an eye on.
--	  test "$inst_prefix_dir" = "$destdir" && \
--	    func_fatal_error "error: cannot install \`$file' to a directory not ending in $libdir"
-+	  #test "$inst_prefix_dir" = "$destdir" && \
-+	  #  func_fatal_error "error: cannot install \`$file' to a directory not ending in $libdir"
- 
- 	  if test -n "$inst_prefix_dir"; then
- 	    # Stick the inst_prefix_dir data into the link command.
-@@ -5115,7 +5115,7 @@ func_mode_link ()
- 	      finalize_deplibs="$deplib $finalize_deplibs"
- 	    else
- 	      deplibs="$deplib $deplibs"
--	      test "$linkmode" = lib && newdependency_libs="$deplib $newdependency_libs"
-+	      test "$linkmode" = lib && newdependency_libs="$newdependency_libs"
- 	    fi
- 	    continue
- 	  else # deplib is a libtool library
-@@ -5141,7 +5141,7 @@ func_mode_link ()
- 		      finalize_deplibs="$deplib $finalize_deplibs"
- 		    else
- 		      deplibs="$deplib $deplibs"
--		      test "$linkmode" = lib && newdependency_libs="$deplib $newdependency_libs"
-+		      test "$linkmode" = lib && newdependency_libs="$newdependency_libs"
- 		    fi
- 		    continue
- 		  fi
-@@ -5172,7 +5172,7 @@ func_mode_link ()
- 	  lib)
- 	    deplibs="$deplib $deplibs"
- 	    test "$pass" = conv && continue
--	    newdependency_libs="$deplib $newdependency_libs"
-+	    newdependency_libs="$newdependency_libs"
- 	    func_stripname '-L' '' "$deplib"
- 	    newlib_search_path="$newlib_search_path $func_stripname_result"
- 	    ;;
-@@ -5490,7 +5490,7 @@ func_mode_link ()
- 	    else
- 	      # Need to hardcode shared library paths
- 	      # or/and link against static libraries
--	      newdependency_libs="$deplib $newdependency_libs"
-+	      newdependency_libs="$newdependency_libs"
- 	    fi
- 	    if $opt_duplicate_deps ; then
- 	      case "$tmp_libs " in
-@@ -5717,7 +5717,7 @@ func_mode_link ()
- 		if test -n "$inst_prefix_dir"; then
- 		  case $libdir in
- 		    [\\/]*)
--		      add_dir="$add_dir -L$inst_prefix_dir$libdir"
-+		      add_dir="$add_dir -L$inst_prefix_dir"
- 		      ;;
- 		  esac
- 		fi
-@@ -5778,8 +5778,8 @@ func_mode_link ()
- 	      add="-l$name"
- 	    elif test "$hardcode_automatic" = yes; then
- 	      if test -n "$inst_prefix_dir" &&
--		 test -f "$inst_prefix_dir$libdir/$linklib" ; then
--		add="$inst_prefix_dir$libdir/$linklib"
-+		 test -f "$inst_prefix_dir" ; then
-+		add="$inst_prefix_dir"
- 	      else
- 		add="$libdir/$linklib"
- 	      fi
-@@ -5790,7 +5790,7 @@ func_mode_link ()
- 	      if test -n "$inst_prefix_dir"; then
- 		case $libdir in
- 		  [\\/]*)
--		    add_dir="$add_dir -L$inst_prefix_dir$libdir"
-+		    add_dir="$add_dir -L$inst_prefix_dir"
- 		    ;;
- 		esac
- 	      fi
-@@ -5881,7 +5881,7 @@ func_mode_link ()
- 	  # ... and its dependency_libs
- 	  tmp_libs=
- 	  for deplib in $dependency_libs; do
--	    newdependency_libs="$deplib $newdependency_libs"
-+	    newdependency_libs="$newdependency_libs"
- 	    if $opt_duplicate_deps ; then
- 	      case "$tmp_libs " in
- 	      *" $deplib "*) specialdeplibs="$specialdeplibs $deplib" ;;
-@@ -6449,7 +6449,7 @@ func_mode_link ()
- 	  esac
- 	done
- 	if test "$hardcode_into_libs" != yes || test "$build_old_libs" = yes; then
--	  dependency_libs="$temp_xrpath $dependency_libs"
-+	  dependency_libs="$dependency_libs"
- 	fi
-       fi
- 
---- libltdl/configure.orig	2008-10-16 04:52:43.000000000 +0200
-+++ libltdl/configure	2008-10-16 04:52:52.000000000 +0200
-@@ -10133,7 +10133,7 @@ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_obj
-   ;;
- 
- netbsd*)
--  version_type=sunos
-+  version_type=linux
-   need_lib_prefix=no
-   need_version=no
-   if echo __ELF__ | $CC -E - | $GREP __ELF__ >/dev/null; then
---- configure.orig	2008-10-16 04:59:42.000000000 +0200
-+++ configure	2008-10-16 04:59:48.000000000 +0200
-@@ -16906,7 +16906,7 @@ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_obj
-   ;;
- 
- netbsd*)
--  version_type=sunos
-+  version_type=linux
-   need_lib_prefix=no
-   need_version=no
-   if echo __ELF__ | $CC -E - | $GREP __ELF__ >/dev/null; then
diff --git a/templates/libtool.tmpl b/templates/libtool.tmpl
index ff8c7a15ee..f9b5d8df17 100644
--- a/templates/libtool.tmpl
+++ b/templates/libtool.tmpl
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 pkgname=libtool
 version=2.2.6a
 wrksrc="$pkgname-2.2.6"
-patch_files="$pkgname-xbps-fixes.diff"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libtool/$pkgname-$version@.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 short_desc="Generic library support"