diff --git a/package/libv4l/0003-utils-qv4l2-Makefile.am-link-with-librt.patch b/package/libv4l/0003-utils-qv4l2-Makefile.am-link-with-librt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bac577d98..0000000000
--- a/package/libv4l/0003-utils-qv4l2-Makefile.am-link-with-librt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From 66d1d752976f4b45a5faff2bc68fc2fa9d435c71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
-Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 22:04:55 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] utils/qv4l2/Makefile.am: link with librt
-
-qv4l2 uses clock_gettime(), so it should link with librt to be
-compatible with old versions of glibc.
-
-Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
----
- utils/qv4l2/Makefile.am | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/utils/qv4l2/Makefile.am b/utils/qv4l2/Makefile.am
-index fd58486..a991d66 100644
---- a/utils/qv4l2/Makefile.am
-+++ b/utils/qv4l2/Makefile.am
-@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ qv4l2_SOURCES = qv4l2.cpp general-tab.cpp ctrl-tab.cpp vbi-tab.cpp capture-win.c
-   v4l2-tpg-core.c v4l2-tpg-colors.c
- nodist_qv4l2_SOURCES = moc_qv4l2.cpp moc_general-tab.cpp moc_capture-win.cpp moc_vbi-tab.cpp qrc_qv4l2.cpp
- qv4l2_LDADD = ../../lib/libv4l2/libv4l2.la ../../lib/libv4lconvert/libv4lconvert.la \
--  ../libv4l2util/libv4l2util.la ../libmedia_dev/libmedia_dev.la
-+  ../libv4l2util/libv4l2util.la ../libmedia_dev/libmedia_dev.la -lrt
- qv4l2_CPPFLAGS = -I../common
- 
- if WITH_QTGL
--- 
-2.7.4
-
diff --git a/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk b/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
index 4e7aa42222..b74271728a 100644
--- a/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
+++ b/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ LIBV4L_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBV4L_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 LIBV4L_CONF_OPTS = --disable-doxygen-doc
 
-# 0003-utils-qv4l2-Makefile.am-link-with-librt.patch, host-gettext
-# needed for autoreconf to work
 # below patches requires autoreconf:
 # 0004-configure.ac-clarify-configure-summary.patch
 # 0005-configure.ac-revisit-v4l2-ctl-compliance-using-libv4.patch
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@ LIBV4L_CONF_OPTS = --disable-doxygen-doc
 # 0008-configure.ac-fix-build-of-v4l-utils-on-uclinux.patch
 # 0009-configure.ac-add-USE_LIBV4L-to-summary.patch
 LIBV4L_AUTORECONF = YES
+# host-gettext needed for autoreconf to work
 LIBV4L_DEPENDENCIES += host-gettext
 
 # fix uclibc-ng configure/compile