diff --git a/dev-embedded/phidget/files/phidget21-libdir.patch b/dev-embedded/phidget/files/phidget21-libdir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/phidget/files/phidget21-libdir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-Allows support for me (I seem to be the only Gentoo amd64 user without a symlink from /usr/lib to /usr/lib64)
-
---- Makefile	Mon Sep 22 14:48:19 2008
-+++ -content-3770fbg	Tue Sep 30 09:27:29 2008
-@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
- 	cd Java ; jar cf ../$@ com/phidgets/event/*.class com/phidgets/*.class
- 
- install: all
--	$(INSTALL_LIB) libphidget21.so $(INSTALLPREFIX)/$(PREFIX)/lib
-+	$(INSTALL_LIB) libphidget21.so $(INSTALLPREFIX)/$(PREFIX)/$(LIBDIR)
- 	$(INSTALL_FILE) phidget21.h $(INSTALLPREFIX)/$(PREFIX)/include
- 
- uninstall:
-
-Diff finished.  Tue Sep 30 09:27:29 2008