diff --git a/target/linux/uml/patches-3.2/901-lib_zlib_deflate_visible.patch b/target/linux/uml/patches-3.2/901-lib_zlib_deflate_visible.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f4aba9bd7a..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/uml/patches-3.2/901-lib_zlib_deflate_visible.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-make ZLIB_DEFLATE visible, so that we can choose whether we want it built-in
-or as a module
-
---- a/lib/Kconfig
-+++ b/lib/Kconfig
-@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ config ZLIB_INFLATE
- 	tristate
- 
- config ZLIB_DEFLATE
--	tristate
-+	tristate "Zlib compression"
- 
- config LZO_COMPRESS
- 	tristate