diff --git a/app-misc/screen/files/screen-9999-no-utempter.patch b/app-misc/screen/files/screen-9999-no-utempter.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7eccc30c04c5..000000000000
--- a/app-misc/screen/files/screen-9999-no-utempter.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
---- i/configure.ac
-+++ w/configure.ac
-@@ -151,12 +151,6 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_utmp" = "xyes"], [
- 	AS_IF([test "x$have_utmpx" != "xyes"],
- 	      AC_ERROR(Missing utmpx.h))
- 
--	AC_CHECK_HEADER(utempter.h, have_utempter=yes, have_utempter=no)
--	AS_IF([test "x$have_utempter" = "xyes"], [
--		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_UTEMPTER)
--		LIBS="$LIBS -lutempter"
--	])
--
- 	AC_MSG_CHECKING(if utmpx struct has ut_host field)
- 	AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <utmpx.h>], [
- 		struct utmpx u;