diff --git a/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-1.0.ebuild b/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-1.0.ebuild
index 1805266072351..6b04bc9063908 100644
--- a/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-1.0.ebuild
+++ b/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-1.0.ebuild
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	sys-devel/gettext"
 
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.20_rc1-cxxflags.patch
-)
-
 src_configure() {
 	CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release"
 
diff --git a/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-9999.ebuild b/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-9999.ebuild
index 1805266072351..6b04bc9063908 100644
--- a/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-9999.ebuild
+++ b/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-9999.ebuild
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	sys-devel/gettext"
 
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.20_rc1-cxxflags.patch
-)
-
 src_configure() {
 	CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release"