diff --git a/target/linux/ixp4xx-2.6/patches/110-ixp4xx_net_driver_fix_mac_handling.patch b/target/linux/ixp4xx-2.6/patches/110-ixp4xx_net_driver_fix_mac_handling.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1050702d88..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/ixp4xx-2.6/patches/110-ixp4xx_net_driver_fix_mac_handling.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
----
- drivers/net/ixp4xx/mac_driver.c |   24 ++++++++++--------------
- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
-
-Index: linux-2.6.21-rc4-git6-arm/drivers/net/ixp4xx/mac_driver.c
-===================================================================
---- linux-2.6.21-rc4-git6-arm.orig/drivers/net/ixp4xx/mac_driver.c	2007-03-22 10:32:20.735684085 +0000
-+++ linux-2.6.21-rc4-git6-arm/drivers/net/ixp4xx/mac_driver.c	2007-03-22 10:33:29.355972584 +0000
-@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@
- 	}
- }
- 
--module_init(init_mac);
-+late_initcall(init_mac);
- module_exit(finish_mac);
- 
- MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");