diff --git a/x11-toolkits/qscintilla/BUILD b/x11-toolkits/qscintilla/BUILD
index 6a8af43..0303d96 100755
--- a/x11-toolkits/qscintilla/BUILD
+++ b/x11-toolkits/qscintilla/BUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,5 @@ else
fi &&
cd $SOURCE_DIRECTORY/$QTSCINT &&
qmake qscintilla.pro &&
-# fix the generated Makefile, so that libqscintilla gets installed at the
correct time
- patch -p0 < $SPELL_DIRECTORY/mk.diff.${QTSCINT/Q/q} &&
make