diff --git a/net-irc/atheme/files/atheme-5.0.1-ldap-as-needed.patch b/net-irc/atheme/files/atheme-5.0.1-ldap-as-needed.patch
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/net-irc/atheme/files/atheme-5.0.1-ldap-as-needed.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -r 9c03559fc03c -r c3d4cd2b81d3 modules/auth/Makefile.in
---- a/modules/auth/Makefile.in	Sun Feb 14 00:24:45 2010 +0100
-+++ b/modules/auth/Makefile.in	Sat Feb 13 21:30:00 2010 -0500
-@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
- 
- include ../Makefile.common
- 
--ldap.so: ldap.c
--	${CC} ${PICFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} ${LDAP_CFLAGS} ${LDAP_LIBS} ${SRCDIR}/ldap.c -o ldap.so
-+ldap.so: $(SRCDIR)/ldap.c
-+	${CC} ${PICFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -o $@ ${SRCDIR}/ldap.c ${LDAP_CFLAGS} ${LDAP_LIBS}