diff --git a/tar-1.26-remove_O_NONBLOCK.patch b/tar-1.26-remove_O_NONBLOCK.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f594ae..0000000
--- a/tar-1.26-remove_O_NONBLOCK.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-Index: tar-1.26/src/tar.c
-===================================================================
---- tar-1.26.orig/src/tar.c
-+++ tar-1.26/src/tar.c
-@@ -2467,10 +2467,14 @@ decode_options (int argc, char **argv)
- 
-   /* Flags for accessing files to be read from or copied into.  POSIX says
-      O_NONBLOCK has unspecified effect on most types of files, but in
--     practice it never harms and sometimes helps.  */
-+     practice it never harms and sometimes helps.
-+
-+     It seems in fact that in practice it never helps and sometimes harms.
-+     Removing again.
-+   */
-   {
-     int base_open_flags =
--      (O_BINARY | O_CLOEXEC | O_NOCTTY | O_NONBLOCK
-+      (O_BINARY | O_CLOEXEC | O_NOCTTY
-        | (dereference_option ? 0 : O_NOFOLLOW)
-        | (atime_preserve_option == system_atime_preserve ? O_NOATIME : 0));
-     open_read_flags = O_RDONLY | base_open_flags;