diff --git a/devel/liborcus/files/patch-configure.ac b/devel/liborcus/files/patch-configure.ac
deleted file mode 100644
index 064c6de93e43..000000000000
--- a/devel/liborcus/files/patch-configure.ac
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- configure.ac.orig	2020-09-26 17:58:09 UTC
-+++ configure.ac
-@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$with_tools" != "xno"], [
- # ============
- # mdds support
- # ============
--PKG_CHECK_MODULES([MDDS],[mdds-1.5 >= 1.4.99])
-+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([MDDS],[mdds-1.7 >= 1.4.99])
- CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $MDDS_CFLAGS"
- 
- # =================