diff --git a/dev-libs/confuse/files/confuse-2.6-solaris.patch b/dev-libs/confuse/files/confuse-2.6-solaris.patch
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/dev-libs/confuse/files/confuse-2.6-solaris.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Index: configure.ac
-===================================================================
-RCS file: /sources/confuse/confuse/configure.ac,v
-retrieving revision 1.18
-diff -u -B -r1.18 configure.ac
---- configure.ac	13 Oct 2007 15:02:52 -0000	1.18
-+++ configure.ac	29 Sep 2008 10:13:10 -0000
-@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
- # Checks for library functions.
- AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strcasecmp strdup strndup])
- 
-+dnl Check for the library containing inet_aton/inet_ntoa (for tests)
-+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_ntoa], [socket nsl])
-+
- AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile \
- 		 src/Makefile \
- 		 examples/Makefile \