diff --git a/dev-embedded/phidget/files/phidget21-java.patch b/dev-embedded/phidget/files/phidget21-java.patch
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/phidget/files/phidget21-java.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-Allows the ebuild to specify java variables
-
---- Makefile	Tue Sep 30 07:24:27 2008
-+++ Makefile	Tue Sep 30 07:28:44 2008
-@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
- PREFIX=/usr
- DEBUG?=n
- DMALLOC?=n
--JAVA?=y
-+#JAVA?=y
- CROSS_COMPILE?=
-+JAVAFLAGS?=
- ZEROCONF?=avahi
- 
- #ifeq ($(CROSSCOMPILE),y)
-@@ -14,12 +16,12 @@
- LD=$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
- #endif
- 
--ifeq ($(JAVA),y)
--JAVAHOME := /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_18
--JAVAFLAGS=-I$(JAVAHOME)/include -I$(JAVAHOME)/include/linux
--else
--JAVAFLAGS=
--endif
-+#ifeq ($(JAVA),y)
-+#JAVAHOME := /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_18
-+#JAVAFLAGS=-I$(JAVAHOME)/include -I$(JAVAHOME)/include/linux
-+#else
-+#JAVAFLAGS=
-+#endif
- 
- ifeq ($(DMALLOC),y)
- DEBUGFLAGS=-DDMALLOC -DDMALLOC_FUNC_CHECK
-
-Diff finished.  Tue Sep 30 07:28:44 2008