diff --git a/target/linux/brcm47xx/patches-3.18/980-wnr834b_no_cardbus_invariant.patch b/target/linux/brcm47xx/patches-3.18/980-wnr834b_no_cardbus_invariant.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 74a8916ab1..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/brcm47xx/patches-3.18/980-wnr834b_no_cardbus_invariant.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- a/arch/mips/bcm47xx/setup.c
-+++ b/arch/mips/bcm47xx/setup.c
-@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ static int bcm47xx_get_invariants(struct
- 	if (bcm47xx_nvram_getenv("cardbus", buf, sizeof(buf)) >= 0)
- 		iv->has_cardbus_slot = !!simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
- 
-+	/* Do not indicate cardbus for Netgear WNR834B V1 and V2 */
-+	if (iv->boardinfo.type == 0x0472 && iv->has_cardbus_slot)
-+		iv->has_cardbus_slot = 0;
-+
- 	return 0;
- }
-