diff --git a/sys-boot/palo/palo-9999.ebuild b/sys-boot/palo/palo-9999.ebuild
index c7ae9c107e1b3..1c733273f096a 100644
--- a/sys-boot/palo/palo-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-boot/palo/palo-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.00-toolchain.patch
 )
 
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	sed -i lib/common.h -e '/^#define PALOVERSION/{s|".*"|"'${PV}'"|g}' || die
-}
-
 src_compile() {
 	local target
 	for target in '-C palo' '-C ipl' 'iplboot'; do