diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm/processcreds.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm/processcreds.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d647eca0ad..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm/processcreds.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Index: gpm-1.99.7/src/daemon/processconn.c
-===================================================================
---- gpm-1.99.7.orig/src/daemon/processconn.c	2010-09-29 17:36:18.571782951 +0400
-+++ gpm-1.99.7/src/daemon/processconn.c	2010-09-29 17:42:44.659991758 +0400
-@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
-  *
-  ********/
- 
-+#define _GNU_SOURCE
- #include <sys/socket.h>         /* accept */
- #include <stdlib.h>             /* malloc */
- #include <unistd.h>             /* close */
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm_git.bb
index 012dceb237..b64f05c570 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm_git.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ DEPENDS = "ncurses bison-native"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/telmich/gpm;protocol=git \
            file://init \
-           file://processcreds.patch \
            file://gpm.service.in \
            file://0001-Use-sigemptyset-API-instead-of-__sigemptyset.patch \
            "