diff --git a/target/linux/lantiq/patches-4.4/0034-reset-Fix-compile-when-reset-RESET_CONTROLLER-is-not.patch b/target/linux/lantiq/patches-4.4/0034-reset-Fix-compile-when-reset-RESET_CONTROLLER-is-not.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ddbe134c1b..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/lantiq/patches-4.4/0034-reset-Fix-compile-when-reset-RESET_CONTROLLER-is-not.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-From b1b9fca8c317afc3f2b78bb54f877e8a830a819d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
-Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 18:47:27 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 34/36] reset: Fix compile when reset RESET_CONTROLLER is not
- selected
-
-Drivers need to protect their reset api calls with #ifdef to avoid compile
-errors.
-
-This patch adds dummy wrappers in the same way that linux/of.h does it.
-
-Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
-Cc: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>
-Cc: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
----
- include/linux/reset-controller.h |   16 ++++++++++++++
- include/linux/reset.h            |   43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+)
-
---- a/include/linux/reset-controller.h
-+++ b/include/linux/reset-controller.h
-@@ -48,7 +48,23 @@ struct reset_controller_dev {
- 	unsigned int nr_resets;
- };
- 
-+#if defined(CONFIG_RESET_CONTROLLER)
-+
- int reset_controller_register(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev);
- void reset_controller_unregister(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev);
- 
-+#else
-+
-+static inline int reset_controller_register(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev)
-+{
-+	return -ENOSYS;
-+}
-+
-+void reset_controller_unregister(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev)
-+{
-+
-+}
-+
-+#endif
-+
- #endif