diff --git a/misc/xtar/patches/patch-ae b/misc/xtar/patches/patch-ae
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c94267c02f..00000000000
--- a/misc/xtar/patches/patch-ae
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- common/tmpfile.c.orig	Tue May  9 04:06:46 1995
-+++ common/tmpfile.c	Thu Oct 21 20:43:13 1999
-@@ -90,7 +90,12 @@
- char *tmpfile_create()
- {
-     TMP_FILE *ptr, *tf;
--    char *filename = strdup(tmpnam(NULL));
-+    char xxx[40];
-+    char *filename;
-+
-+   sprintf(xxx, "/tmp/tmpf.XXXXXXXX");
-+   close(mkstemp(xxx));
-+   filename = strdup(xxx);
- 
-     if(filename == NULL)
-         return(NULL);