diff --git a/media-libs/libheif/files/libheif-1.18.1-prepend_DESTDIR_when_generating_heif-convert_symlink.patch b/media-libs/libheif/files/libheif-1.18.1-prepend_DESTDIR_when_generating_heif-convert_symlink.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index aee9049751aaa..0000000000000
--- a/media-libs/libheif/files/libheif-1.18.1-prepend_DESTDIR_when_generating_heif-convert_symlink.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From 337aa421f68c0274eb0db047646160b05fdde4a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Dirk Farin <dirk.farin@gmail.com>
-Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:11:43 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] fix installing heif-convert symlink in DESTDIR (#1249)
-
----
- examples/CMakeLists.txt | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
-index 8ac3114370..fc9d2f2ca0 100644
---- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ install(FILES heif-dec.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1)
- 
- # create symbolic link from the old name `heif-convert` to `heif-dec`
- if(NOT WIN32)
--  install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink ${DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/heif-dec${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX} ${DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/heif-convert${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})")
-+  install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink heif-dec${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX} \$ENV{DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/heif-convert${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})")
- else()
-   install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/heif-dec${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX} ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/heif-convert${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})")
- endif()