diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index a1a8c151896f5a229d7fbf90033d2c4af7b901db..d2c7b1792658dff1bb5fcc641302ec1f00c56f43 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -447,8 +447,6 @@ build_boinc()
 
     echo "Configuring BOINC..." | tee -a $LOGFILE
     cd $ROOT/3rdparty/boinc || failure
-    # fix svn_version.h update for out-of-tree builds (patch sent upstream)
-    patch $ROOT/3rdparty/boinc/Makefile.am < $ROOT/patches/boinc.Makefile.am.2.patch >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 || failure
     chmod +x _autosetup >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 || failure
     ./_autosetup >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 || failure
     chmod +x configure >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 || failure
diff --git a/patches/boinc.Makefile.am.2.patch b/patches/boinc.Makefile.am.2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 557e13cc79b168e18b3a4a55b49ca985ce3cbea7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/patches/boinc.Makefile.am.2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.am
-+++ Makefile.am	2009-11-11 16:01:46.000000000 +0100
-@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
- 
- BUILT_SOURCES = svn_version.h
- svn_version.h: generate_svn_version.sh
--	sh generate_svn_version.sh
-+	cd $(srcdir) && sh generate_svn_version.sh
- .PHONY: svn_version.h
- 
- # Add a stage target for staging a distribution