diff --git a/audio/esound/patches/patch-esdlib.c b/audio/esound/patches/patch-esdlib.c
deleted file mode 100644
index cfcc1b783bf..00000000000
--- a/audio/esound/patches/patch-esdlib.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- esdlib.c.orig	Wed Jun 19 09:45:14 2002
-+++ esdlib.c	Fri Jul 19 18:26:44 2002
-@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ int esd_open_sound( const char *host )
- 		setsid();
- 		cmd = malloc(sizeof("esd  -spawnfd 999999") + (esd_spawn_options?strlen(esd_spawn_options):0));
- 
--		sprintf(cmd, "esd %s -spawnfd %d", esd_spawn_options?esd_spawn_options:"", esd_pipe[1]);
-+		sprintf(cmd, "exec esd %s -spawnfd %d", esd_spawn_options?esd_spawn_options:"", esd_pipe[1]);
- 
- 		execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL);
- 		perror("execl");