diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 0355cb64d8..c5d495026f 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -639,7 +639,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/antiword-CVE-2014-8123.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/antlr3-3_1-fix-java8-compilation.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/antlr3-3_3-fix-java8-compilation.patch	\
-  %D%/packages/patches/ao-cad-aarch64-support.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/apr-skip-getservbyname-test.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/aria2-CVE-2019-3500.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/aspell-default-dict-dir.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/ao-cad-aarch64-support.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/ao-cad-aarch64-support.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 291369cd9b..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/ao-cad-aarch64-support.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Support in ao-cad for aarch64.
-
-Submitted upstream at https://github.com/mkeeter/ao/issues/69
-
---- ao/ui/vendor/efsw/src/efsw/inotify-nosys.h.orig	2017-12-14 16:27:16.125871099 -0600
-+++ ao/ui/vendor/efsw/src/efsw/inotify-nosys.h	2017-12-14 16:26:39.786022981 -0600
-@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@
- # define __NR_inotify_add_watch (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+317)
- # define __NR_inotify_rm_watch (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+318)
- 
-+#elif defined (__aarch64__)
-+# define __NR_inotify_init 1043
-+# define __NR_inotify_add_watch 27
-+# define __NR_inotify_rm_watch 28
-+
- #elif defined (__frv__)
- # define __NR_inotify_init 291
- # define __NR_inotify_add_watch 292