diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr/patches/vdr-90-dvbapi.patch b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr/patches/vdr-90-dvbapi.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index af37eda9d6..0000000000
--- a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr/patches/vdr-90-dvbapi.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/dvbdevice.h b/dvbdevice.h
-index 2a34806..dc95443 100644
---- a/dvbdevice.h
-+++ b/dvbdevice.h
-@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ enum {
- 
- // --- End of definitions for older DVB API versions -------------------------
- 
--#if (DVB_API_VERSION << 8 | DVB_API_VERSION_MINOR) < 0x0503
--#error VDR requires Linux DVB driver API version 5.3 or higher!
--#endif
--
- #define MAXDVBDEVICES  8
- #define MAXDELIVERYSYSTEMS 8
-