diff --git a/package/mac80211/patches/120-linux-2.6.30-compat.patch b/package/mac80211/patches/120-linux-2.6.30-compat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 179c1eb649..0000000000
--- a/package/mac80211/patches/120-linux-2.6.30-compat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
-+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
-@@ -5789,7 +5789,11 @@ int nl80211_send_action(struct cfg80211_
- 		return err;
- 	}
- 
-+#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,32))
- 	err = genlmsg_unicast(wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), msg, nlpid);
-+#else
-+	err = genlmsg_unicast(msg, nlpid);
-+#endif
- 	if (err < 0)
- 		return err;
- 	return 0;