diff --git a/debian/patches/linkhack.diff b/debian/patches/linkhack.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index cf4af4b..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/linkhack.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/libmawk/Makefile b/src/libmawk/Makefile
-index 557ecec..52f65ae 100644
---- a/src/libmawk/Makefile
-+++ b/src/libmawk/Makefile
-@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ install_ :  lmawk libmawk.so
- 	$(CP) $(PWD)/libmawk.so $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so.$(SOVER1).$(SOVER2).$(SOVER3)
- 	rm $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so.$(SOVER1).$(SOVER2) $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so.$(SOVER1) 2>/dev/null ; true
- 	ln -s libmawk.so.$(SOVER1).$(SOVER2).$(SOVER3) $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so.$(SOVER1).$(SOVER2)
--	ln -s libmawk.so.$(SOVER1).$(SOVER2) $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so.$(SOVER1)
-+	ln -s libmawk.so.$(SOVER1).$(SOVER2).$(SOVER3) $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so.$(SOVER1)
- 	ln -s libmawk.so.$(SOVER1) $(LIBDIR)/libmawk.so
- 	for h in $(IHEADERS); do $(CP) $(PWD)/$$h $(INCDIR)/$$h; done
- 	$(CP) $(PWD)/../libmawk.h $(INCDIR)/../libmawk.h
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 8bd7a3e..e69de29 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-linkhack.diff