diff --git a/srcpkgs/nvidia/files/nvidia-x86-uvm8_va_block-linux_4_14_9.patch b/srcpkgs/nvidia/files/nvidia-x86-uvm8_va_block-linux_4_14_9.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cc9c29e0cf..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/nvidia/files/nvidia-x86-uvm8_va_block-linux_4_14_9.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Since linux-4.14.9 there has been some kernel headers reordering.
-Fix that issue by including linux/sched/task_stack.h for kernels
-newer than 4.14.9.
-
---- NVIDIA-Linux-x86-384.98/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_va_block.c	2017-10-27 01:19:54.000000000 +0200
-+++ NVIDIA-Linux-x86-384.98/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_va_block.c	2018-01-02 02:50:05.260588964 +0100
-@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
- #include "uvm8_perf_prefetch.h"
- #include "uvm8_mem.h"
- 
-+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4,14,9)
-+#include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
-+#endif
-+
- typedef enum
- {
-     BLOCK_PTE_OP_MAP,
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nvidia/template b/srcpkgs/nvidia/template
index db381ab966..f40431e0d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nvidia/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nvidia/template
@@ -39,14 +39,11 @@ do_extract() {
 	./${_pkg}.run --extract-only
 	rm -f ${_pkg}.run
 	#
-	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" = "i686" ]; then
-		cp ${FILESDIR}/nvidia-x86-uvm8_va_block-linux_4_14_9.patch \
-			nvidia-uvm8_va_block-linux_4_14_9.patch
-	else
+	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then
 		cp ${FILESDIR}/nvidia-x86_64-uvm8_va_block-linux_4_14_9.patch \
 			nvidia-uvm8_va_block-linux_4_14_9.patch
+		patch -p0 < nvidia-uvm8_va_block-linux_4_14_9.patch
 	fi
-	patch -p0 < nvidia-uvm8_va_block-linux_4_14_9.patch
 }
 
 pre_install() {