diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/mc/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/mc/package.mk
index 16ab4575d7..5f299192c3 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/mc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/mc/package.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET=" \
 
 pre_configure_target() {
   LDFLAGS+=" -lcrypto -lssl"
-  CFLAGS+=' -DNCURSES_WIDECHAR=0'
 }
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/mc/patches/mc-001-ticket_4200_ncurses_disable_widec.patch b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/mc/patches/mc-001-ticket_4200_ncurses_disable_widec.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fe446847aa..0000000000
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/mc/patches/mc-001-ticket_4200_ncurses_disable_widec.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-See https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/4200
-
-diff --git a/lib/tty/tty-ncurses.c b/lib/tty/tty-ncurses.c
-index 5cddf5059..2c117ef4b 100644
---- a/lib/tty/tty-ncurses.c
-+++ b/lib/tty/tty-ncurses.c
-@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ tty_fill_region (int y, int x, int rows, int cols, unsigned char ch)
- void
- tty_colorize_area (int y, int x, int rows, int cols, int color)
- {
-+#ifdef ENABLE_SHADOWS
-     cchar_t *ctext;
-     wchar_t wch[10];            /* TODO not sure if the length is correct */
-     attr_t attrs;
-@@ -585,6 +586,13 @@ tty_colorize_area (int y, int x, int rows, int cols, int color)
-     }
- 
-     g_free (ctext);
-+#else
-+    (void) y;
-+    (void) x;
-+    (void) rows;
-+    (void) cols;
-+    (void) color;
-+#endif /* ENABLE_SHADOWS */
- }
- 
- /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-diff --git a/lib/tty/tty-ncurses.h b/lib/tty/tty-ncurses.h
-index d75df9533..8feb17ccd 100644
---- a/lib/tty/tty-ncurses.h
-+++ b/lib/tty/tty-ncurses.h
-@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
- #define NCURSES_CONST const
- #endif
- 
-+/* do not draw shadows if NCurses is built with --disable-widec */
-+#if defined(NCURSES_WIDECHAR) && NCURSES_WIDECHAR
-+#define ENABLE_SHADOWS 1
-+#endif
-+
- /*** typedefs(not structures) and defined constants **********************************************/
- 
- /*** enums ***************************************************************************************/
-diff --git a/lib/tty/tty-slang.h b/lib/tty/tty-slang.h
-index c36785ffc..15fd00a94 100644
---- a/lib/tty/tty-slang.h
-+++ b/lib/tty/tty-slang.h
-@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
- #define COLS  SLtt_Screen_Cols
- #define LINES SLtt_Screen_Rows
- 
-+#define ENABLE_SHADOWS 1
-+
- /*** enums ***************************************************************************************/
- 
- enum
-diff --git a/src/filemanager/boxes.c b/src/filemanager/boxes.c
-index ed16d04dd..4c1f5ba84 100644
---- a/src/filemanager/boxes.c
-+++ b/src/filemanager/boxes.c
-@@ -280,7 +280,9 @@ appearance_box_callback (Widget * w, Widget * sender, widget_msg_t msg, int parm
-     switch (msg)
-     {
-     case MSG_INIT:
-+#ifdef ENABLE_SHADOWS
-         if (!tty_use_colors ())
-+#endif
-         {
-             Widget *shadow;
-