diff --git a/net-mgmt/nagios-plugins/Makefile b/net-mgmt/nagios-plugins/Makefile
index e019989fe099..053e2a60d2cd 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/nagios-plugins/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/nagios-plugins/Makefile
@@ -147,11 +147,6 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--without-dbi
 PLIST_SUB+=	SUB_DBI="@comment "
 .endif
 
-# Restore check_users from 1.4.15 for hosts without getutxent(3)
-.if ${OSVERSION} < 900007
-EXTRA_PATCHES+=	${FILESDIR}/extra-patch-plugins__check_users.c
-.endif
-
 post-patch:
 .for file in check_by_ssh.c check_disk.c check_http.c check_mrtgtraf.c \
 	check_nagios.c check_ntp.c check_ntp_peer.c check_ntp_time.c \
diff --git a/net-mgmt/nagios-plugins/files/extra-patch-plugins__check_users.c b/net-mgmt/nagios-plugins/files/extra-patch-plugins__check_users.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 29f6211ab02e..000000000000
--- a/net-mgmt/nagios-plugins/files/extra-patch-plugins__check_users.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
---- plugins/check_users.c.orig	2012-06-28 03:02:47.000000000 +0930
-+++ plugins/check_users.c	2012-08-05 10:29:00.000000000 +0930
-@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
- const char *email = "nagiosplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net";
- 
- #include "common.h"
-+#include "popen.h"
- #include "utils.h"
--#include <utmpx.h>
- 
- #define possibly_set(a,b) ((a) == 0 ? (b) : 0)
- 
-@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
- {
- 	int users = -1;
- 	int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-+	char input_buffer[MAX_INPUT_BUFFER];
- 	char *perf;
--	struct utmpx *putmpx;
- 
- 	setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
- 	bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
-@@ -67,18 +67,43 @@
- 	if (process_arguments (argc, argv) == ERROR)
- 		usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
- 
-+	/* run the command */
-+	child_process = spopen (WHO_COMMAND);
-+	if (child_process == NULL) {
-+		printf (_("Could not open pipe: %s\n"), WHO_COMMAND);
-+		return STATE_UNKNOWN;
-+	}
-+
-+	child_stderr = fdopen (child_stderr_array[fileno (child_process)], "r");
-+	if (child_stderr == NULL)
-+		printf (_("Could not open stderr for %s\n"), WHO_COMMAND);
-+
- 	users = 0;
- 
--	/* get currently logged users from utmpx */
--	setutxent ();
-+	while (fgets (input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_process)) {
- 
--	while ((putmpx = getutxent ()) != NULL)
--		if (putmpx->ut_type == USER_PROCESS)
-+		/* increment 'users' on all lines except total user count */
-+		if (input_buffer[0] != '#') {
- 			users++;
-+			continue;
-+		}
-+
-+		/* get total logged in users */
-+		if (sscanf (input_buffer, _("# users=%d"), &users) == 1)
-+			break;
-+
-+	}
- 
--	endutxent ();
-+	/* check STDERR */
-+	if (fgets (input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_stderr))
-+		result = possibly_set (result, STATE_UNKNOWN);
-+	(void) fclose (child_stderr);
-+
-+	/* close the pipe */
-+	if (spclose (child_process))
-+		result = possibly_set (result, STATE_UNKNOWN);
- 
--	/* check the user count against warning and critical thresholds */
-+	/* else check the user count against warning and critical thresholds */
- 	if (users > cusers)
- 		result = STATE_CRITICAL;
- 	else if (users > wusers)
---- plugins/Makefile.am.orig	2012-06-28 03:02:47.000000000 +0930
-+++ plugins/Makefile.am	2012-08-05 10:29:00.000000000 +0930
-@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
- check_time_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
- check_ntp_time_LDADD = $(NETLIBS) $(MATHLIBS)
- check_ups_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
--check_users_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS)
-+check_users_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS) popen.o
- check_by_ssh_LDADD = $(NETLIBS)
- check_ide_smart_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS)
- negate_LDADD = $(BASEOBJS)