diff --git a/target/linux/lantiq/patches-3.0/270-m25p80-fast-read.patch b/target/linux/lantiq/patches-3.0/270-m25p80-fast-read.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 061ae1c18f..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/lantiq/patches-3.0/270-m25p80-fast-read.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
-+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
-@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-+
-+
- /*
-  * MTD SPI driver for ST M25Pxx (and similar) serial flash chips
-  *