diff --git a/monitoring-plugins-ircd-INET6-deprecation.patch b/monitoring-plugins-ircd-INET6-deprecation.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c8e032..0000000
--- a/monitoring-plugins-ircd-INET6-deprecation.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-Index: monitoring-plugins-2.3.5/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl
-===================================================================
---- monitoring-plugins-2.3.5.orig/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl
-+++ monitoring-plugins-2.3.5/plugins-scripts/check_ircd.pl
-@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
- # 1999/09/20. Some code taken from Charlie Cook (check_disk.pl).
- #
- use Getopt::Long;
--use IO::Socket::INET6;
-+use IO::Socket::IP;
- use strict;
- use vars qw($PROGNAME $VERSION);
- use vars qw($opt_V $opt_h $opt_t $opt_p $opt_H $opt_w $opt_c $ssl $verbose);
-@@ -106,10 +107,10 @@ sub connection ($$$$$$) {
-     debug("Attempting connect.\n",$verbose);
-     # Connect to server
-     debug("Connecting ...........\n",$verbose);
--    my $sock = IO::Socket::INET6->new( PeerAddr => $server,
--                                       PeerPort => $port,
--                                       Proto => 'tcp',
--                                       Domain => AF_UNSPEC ) or return ($user);
-+    my $sock = IO::Socket::IP->new( PeerAddr => $server,
-+                                    PeerPort => $port,
-+                                    Proto => 'tcp',
-+                                    Domain => AF_UNSPEC ) or return ($user);
-     if($ssl) {
-         use IO::Socket::SSL;
-         debug("Starting SSL .........\n",$verbose);
diff --git a/monitoring-plugins.changes b/monitoring-plugins.changes
index 83ad80b..2c3705c 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins.changes
+++ b/monitoring-plugins.changes
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Mon Jan 15 10:44:48 UTC 2024 - Pedro Monreal <pmonreal@suse.com>
     deprecated by upstream, is no longer suitable for use and its not
     being maintained. A compatible replacement for this package is
     perl(IO::Socket::IP) which is shipped by the perl-base package.
-  * Add monitoring-plugins-ircd-INET6-deprecation.patch
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec  5 11:46:24 UTC 2023 - Lars Vogdt <lars@linux-schulserver.de> - 2.3.5
diff --git a/monitoring-plugins.spec b/monitoring-plugins.spec
index d396551..1fcc366 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins.spec
+++ b/monitoring-plugins.spec
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ Patch126:       monitoring-plugins-2.3.3-check_ssh.t_-_improve_testing.patch
 Patch128:       monitoring-plugins-2.3.3-check_disk_on_btrfs.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM - see https://github.com/monitoring-plugins/monitoring-plugins/pull/1774
 Patch129:       monitoring-plugins-2.3.3-check_by_ssh.patch
-# PATCH-FIX-openSUSE - check_ircd: Remove the perl-IO-Socket-INET6 dependency
-Patch130:       monitoring-plugins-ircd-INET6-deprecation.patch
 BuildRequires:  bind-utils
 BuildRequires:  dhcp-devel
 BuildRequires:  fping