diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/SDL/package.mk
index 55c279e685..c269180579 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL/package.mk
@@ -205,8 +205,6 @@ fi
 
 pre_configure_host() {
   ( cd $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD
-    rm -f acinclude/alsa.m4
-
     # Skip autoheader because there is a problem with AC_DEFINE's in the configure.in in SDL 1.2.14.
     # Added include directory 'acinclude' because SDL 1.2.14 has no Makefile.am in which to specify it.
       AUTOHEADER=true autoreconf --verbose --install --force -I $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/share/aclocal -I acinclude
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL/patches/SDL-1.2.15-alsa-meh.patch b/packages/multimedia/SDL/patches/SDL-1.2.15-alsa-meh.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index db96273e8d..0000000000
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL/patches/SDL-1.2.15-alsa-meh.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-From 5bdb0f83add08b47b577e3f4b9c12685a77b7a5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Stefan Saraev <stefan@saraev.ca>
-Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:12:17 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] alsa? meh
-
----
- configure.in |   38 --------------------------------------
- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
-index 48369ef..c03f5fc 100644
---- a/configure.in
-+++ b/configure.in
-@@ -355,43 +355,6 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-oss], [support the OSS audio API [[default=yes]]]),
-     fi
- }
- 
--dnl See if the ALSA audio interface is supported
--CheckALSA()
--{
--    AC_ARG_ENABLE(alsa,
--AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-alsa], [support the ALSA audio API [[default=yes]]]),
--                  , enable_alsa=yes)
--    if test x$enable_audio = xyes -a x$enable_alsa = xyes; then
--        AM_PATH_ALSA(0.9.0, have_alsa=yes, have_alsa=no)
--        # Restore all flags from before the ALSA detection runs
--        CFLAGS="$alsa_save_CFLAGS"
--        LDFLAGS="$alsa_save_LDFLAGS"
--        LIBS="$alsa_save_LIBS"
--        if test x$have_alsa = xyes; then
--            AC_ARG_ENABLE(alsa-shared,
--AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-alsa-shared], [dynamically load ALSA audio support [[default=yes]]]),
--                          , enable_alsa_shared=yes)
--            alsa_lib=[`find_lib "libasound.so.*" "$ALSA_LIBS" | sed 's/.*\/\(.*\)/\1/; q'`]
--
--            AC_DEFINE(SDL_AUDIO_DRIVER_ALSA)
--            SOURCES="$SOURCES $srcdir/src/audio/alsa/*.c"
--            EXTRA_CFLAGS="$EXTRA_CFLAGS $ALSA_CFLAGS"
--            if test x$have_loadso != xyes && \
--               test x$enable_alsa_shared = xyes; then
--                AC_MSG_WARN([You must have SDL_LoadObject() support for dynamic ALSA loading])
--            fi
--            if test x$have_loadso = xyes && \
--               test x$enable_alsa_shared = xyes && test x$alsa_lib != x; then
--                echo "-- dynamic libasound -> $alsa_lib"
--                AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SDL_AUDIO_DRIVER_ALSA_DYNAMIC, "$alsa_lib")
--            else
--                EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS $ALSA_LIBS"
--            fi
--            have_audio=yes
--        fi
--    fi
--}
--
- dnl Check whether we want to use IRIX 6.5+ native audio or not
- CheckDMEDIA()
- {
-@@ -2367,7 +2330,6 @@ case "$host" in
-         CheckOSS
-         CheckDMEDIA
-         CheckMME
--        CheckALSA
-         CheckARTSC
-         CheckESD
-         CheckPulseAudio
--- 
-1.7.2.5
-