diff --git a/dns/bind96/files/patch-bin__nsupdate__nsupdate.c b/dns/bind96/files/patch-bin__nsupdate__nsupdate.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 91e5b518253f..000000000000
--- a/dns/bind96/files/patch-bin__nsupdate__nsupdate.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- bin/nsupdate/nsupdate.c.orig	2010-12-08 20:30:57.000000000 -0800
-+++ bin/nsupdate/nsupdate.c	2011-05-27 15:17:58.000000000 -0700
-@@ -617,8 +617,10 @@
- 				keyfile, isc_result_totext(result));
- 			return;
- 		}
--	} else
-+	} else {
- 		dst_key_attach(dstkey, &sig0key);
-+		dst_key_free(&dstkey);
-+	}
- }
- 
- static void