diff --git a/base/glibc/2.2.3-string2.patch b/base/glibc/2.2.3-string2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e76864c74..000000000
--- a/base/glibc/2.2.3-string2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../glibc/2.2.3-string2.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-
-Add explicit casts to make sure that "+ 2" and "+ 4" increments
-to pointer byte-wise (and not 4-byte words or whatever else).
-
---- ./string/bits/string2.h.old	Tue Jun 12 12:52:46 2001
-+++ ./string/bits/string2.h	Tue Jun 12 12:53:51 2001
-@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
-       break;
-     case 3:
-       __u->__usi = __src0_2;
--      __u = __extension__ ((void *) __u + 2);
-+      __u = __extension__ (void *)((char *) __u + 2);
-       __u->__uc = '\0';
-       break;
-     case 4:
-@@ -423,24 +423,24 @@
-       break;
-     case 5:
-       __u->__ui = __src0_4;
--      __u = __extension__ ((void *) __u + 4);
-+      __u = __extension__ (void *)((char *) __u + 4);
-       __u->__uc = '\0';
-       break;
-     case 6:
-       __u->__ui = __src0_4;
--      __u = __extension__ ((void *) __u + 4);
-+      __u = __extension__ (void *)((char *) __u + 4);
-       __u->__usi = __src4_2;
-       break;
-     case 7:
-       __u->__ui = __src0_4;
--      __u = __extension__ ((void *) __u + 4);
-+      __u = __extension__ (void *)((char *) __u + 4);
-       __u->__usi = __src4_2;
--      __u = __extension__ ((void *) __u + 2);
-+      __u = __extension__ (void *)((char *) __u + 2);
-       __u->__uc = '\0';
-       break;
-     case 8:
-       __u->__ui = __src0_4;
--      __u = __extension__ ((void *) __u + 4);
-+      __u = __extension__ (void *)((char *) __u + 4);
-       __u->__ui = __src4_4;
-       break;
-     }