diff --git a/apply-patches b/apply-patches
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index 3a1c4dcf8..000000000
--- a/apply-patches
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Given a series.conf file and a directory with patches, applies them to the
-# current directory.
-# Used by kernel-source.spec.in and kernel-binary.spec.in
-
-USAGE="$0 [--vanilla] <series.conf> <patchdir> [symbol ...]"
-
-set -e
-set -o pipefail
-vanilla=false
-if test "$1" == "--vanilla"; then
-	vanilla=true
-	shift
-fi
-if test $# -lt 2; then
-	echo "$USAGE" >&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-DIR="${0%/*}"
-SERIES_CONF=$1
-PATCH_DIR=$2
-shift 2
-
-trap 'rm -f "$series"' EXIT
-series=$(mktemp)
-# support for patches in patches.addon/series
-cp "$SERIES_CONF" "$series"
-if ! $vanilla && test -e "$PATCH_DIR/patches.addon/series"; then
-	# make it user-friendly and automatically prepend "patches.addon/"
-	# if there is no "/"
-	sed -r 's|^([[:space:]]*)([^#[:space:]][^/]*)$|\1patches.addon/\2|' \
-		"$PATCH_DIR/patches.addon/series" >>"$series"
-fi
-
-(
-	echo "trap 'echo \"*** patch \$_ failed ***\"' ERR"
-	echo "set -ex"
-	"$DIR"/guards "$@" <"$series" | \
-	if $vanilla; then
-		egrep '^patches\.(kernel\.org|rpmify)/'
-	else
-		cat
-	fi |\
-	sed "s|^|patch -s -F0 -E -p1 --no-backup-if-mismatch -i $PATCH_DIR/|"
-) | sh
-