diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.0/999-drop_sublevel.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.0/999-drop_sublevel.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ed938e0d92..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.0/999-drop_sublevel.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
- VERSION = 3
- PATCHLEVEL = 0
--SUBLEVEL = 0
- EXTRAVERSION =
- NAME = Sneaky Weasel
-