diff --git a/vtk-Rinterface-uintptr_t.patch b/vtk-Rinterface-uintptr_t.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ea531d..0000000
--- a/vtk-Rinterface-uintptr_t.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-Index: VTK-8.0.0/Filters/StatisticsGnuR/CMakeLists.txt
-===================================================================
---- VTK-8.0.0.orig/Filters/StatisticsGnuR/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ VTK-8.0.0/Filters/StatisticsGnuR/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ include_directories(${R_INCLUDE_DIR})
- 
- add_definitions(-DVTK_BUILDING_FILTERS_STATISTICSGNUR)
- 
-+# Check for the existance of uintptr_t type and set the HAVE_UINTPTR_T macro
-+include(CheckTypeSize)
-+CHECK_TYPE_SIZE(uintptr_t UINTPTR_T)
-+
- # Configure the module specific settings into a module configured header.
- configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vtkFiltersStatisticsGnuRConfigure.h.in
-   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/vtkFiltersStatisticsGnuRConfigure.h)
-Index: VTK-8.0.0/Filters/StatisticsGnuR/vtkFiltersStatisticsGnuRConfigure.h.in
-===================================================================
---- VTK-8.0.0.orig/Filters/StatisticsGnuR/vtkFiltersStatisticsGnuRConfigure.h.in
-+++ VTK-8.0.0/Filters/StatisticsGnuR/vtkFiltersStatisticsGnuRConfigure.h.in
-@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
- #define vtkFiltersStatisticsGnuRConfigure_h
- 
- #define VTK_R_HOME "@R_HOME@"
-+#cmakedefine HAVE_UINTPTR_T
- 
- #endif