diff --git a/sys-apps/attr/files/attr-2.4.24-only-symlink-when-needed.patch b/sys-apps/attr/files/attr-2.4.24-only-symlink-when-needed.patch
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/sys-apps/attr/files/attr-2.4.24-only-symlink-when-needed.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-We dont want to generate symlinks when the libdir is the same as the
-devlibdir, otherwise we clobber the real files with broken symlinks
-
---- include/buildmacros
-+++ include/buildmacros
-@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@
- 	../$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(LIBNAME).lai $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).la ; \
- 	../$(INSTALL) -m 755 -d $(PKG_LIB_DIR); \
- 	../$(INSTALL) -T so_base $(LIBNAME).lai $(PKG_LIB_DIR); \
-+	if test "x$(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)" != "x$(PKG_LIB_DIR)" ; then \
- 	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).a $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).a; \
- 	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).la $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).la; \
--	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so
-+	../$(INSTALL) -S $(PKG_LIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so $(PKG_DEVLIB_DIR)/$(LIBNAME).so; \
-+	fi
- else
- INSTALL_LTLIB_DEV = $(INSTALL_LTLIB_STATIC)
- endif