diff --git a/dev-java/commons-digester/files/1.8-build.xml-jar-target.patch b/dev-java/commons-digester/files/1.8-build.xml-jar-target.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 316d2e2a54b11..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/commons-digester/files/1.8-build.xml-jar-target.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
---- build.xml.orig	2007-12-26 13:43:35.000000000 +1300
-+++ build.xml	2007-12-26 13:47:32.000000000 +1300
-@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
-     <pathelement location="${jaxp.jaxp.jar}"/>
-     <pathelement location="${jaxp.parser.jar}"/>
-     <pathelement location="${commons-beanutils.jar}"/>
-+    <pathelement location="${commons-collections.jar}" />
-     <pathelement location="${commons-logging.jar}"/>
-     <pathelement location="${junit.jar}"/>
-   </path>
-@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@
-     <pathelement location="${junit.jar}"/>
-     <pathelement location="${jaxp.jaxp.jar}"/>
-     <pathelement location="${jaxp.parser.jar}"/>
-+    <pathelement location="${commons-collections.jar}" />
-     <pathelement location="${commons-beanutils.jar}"/>
-     <pathelement location="${commons-logging.jar}"/>
-   </path>
-@@ -256,20 +258,22 @@
-     </javadoc>
-   </target>
- 
-+  <target name="jar" depends="compile"
-+  	description="Create commons-digester.jar">
-+	<mkdir      dir="${dist.home}"/>
-+      <jar jarfile="${dist.home}/commons-${component.name}.jar"
-+         basedir="${build.home}/classes"
-+         manifest="${build.home}/conf/MANIFEST.MF"/>
-+  </target>
- 
--  <target name="dist" depends="compile,javadoc"
-+  <target name="dist" depends="jar,javadoc"
-    description="Create binary distribution">
--    <mkdir      dir="${dist.home}"/>
-     <copy      file="LICENSE.txt"
-               todir="${dist.home}"/>
--    <mkdir      dir="${build.home}/classes/META-INF"/>
-     <copy      file="RELEASE-NOTES.txt"
-               todir="${dist.home}"/>
-     <copy      file="NOTICE.txt"
-               todir="${dist.home}"/>
--    <jar    jarfile="${dist.home}/commons-${component.name}.jar"
--            basedir="${build.home}/classes"
--           manifest="${build.home}/conf/MANIFEST.MF"/>
-   </target>
- 
-