diff --git a/package/base/alsa/audio_group.patch b/package/base/alsa/audio_group.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d67b2db4d..000000000
--- a/package/base/alsa/audio_group.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-Change the group of users who can access alsa devices from 'audio' to 'sound'
-since we already use 'sound' for other sound devices.
-
---- alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/conf/pcm/dsnoop.conf~	2005-09-08 08:36:00.000000000 +0200
-+++ alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/conf/pcm/dsnoop.conf	2006-03-14 21:35:56.000000000 +0100
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
- 	}
- 	type dsnoop
- 	ipc_key 5778293
--	ipc_gid audio
-+	ipc_gid sound
- 	ipc_perm 0660
- 	slave {
- 		pcm {
---- alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/conf/pcm/dmix.conf~	2005-09-19 14:38:14.000000000 +0200
-+++ alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/conf/pcm/dmix.conf	2006-03-14 21:36:03.000000000 +0100
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
- 	}
- 	type dmix
- 	ipc_key 5678293
--	ipc_gid audio
-+	ipc_gid sound
- 	ipc_perm 0660
- 	slave {
- 		pcm {