diff --git a/debian/patches/04_timidity_cfg_opts.patch b/debian/patches/04_timidity_cfg_opts.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d58111..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/04_timidity_cfg_opts.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Description: Ignore unknown options in timidity.cfg
- Introduced in 1.2.8-6 (Fri, 22 May 2009 10:33:13 -0400).
-Author: Brandon Barnes <winterknight@nerdshack.com>
-Last-Update: 2012-01-20
-Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/398805
---- a/timidity/timidity.c
-+++ b/timidity/timidity.c
-@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
-     {
-      ctl->cmsg(CMSG_ERROR, VERB_NORMAL,
-         "%s: line %d: syntax error\n", name, line);
--     return -2;
-+     continue;
-     }
-   i=atoi(w[0]);
-   if (i<0 || i>127)
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index b38c15c..a02a785 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@
 #
 # 01_no_lvorbis_logg.patch
 # 02_hurd.patch
-# 04_timidity_cfg_opts.patch
 # bug-688369-double_free_crash.patch