diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/3.10.9/linux-997-disable-rc6-on-sandybridge-gt1.patch b/packages/linux/patches/3.10.9/linux-997-disable-rc6-on-sandybridge-gt1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c0a9067fe1..0000000000
--- a/packages/linux/patches/3.10.9/linux-997-disable-rc6-on-sandybridge-gt1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c	2013-05-30 22:57:09.098080381 +0200
-+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c	2013-05-30 23:31:31.644308032 +0200
-@@ -2503,8 +2503,8 @@
- 	if (i915_enable_rc6 >= 0)
- 		return i915_enable_rc6;
- 
--	/* Disable RC6 on Ironlake */
--	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen == 5)
-+	/* Disable RC6 on Ironlake and Sandybridge GT1 */
-+	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen == 5 || IS_SNB_GT1(dev))
- 		return 0;
- 
- 	if (IS_HASWELL(dev)) {