diff --git a/dev-java/netbeans-extide/netbeans-extide-8.2.ebuild b/dev-java/netbeans-extide/netbeans-extide-8.2.ebuild
index 9af6be173ea61..2bfb1a51da45d 100644
--- a/dev-java/netbeans-extide/netbeans-extide-8.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/netbeans-extide/netbeans-extide-8.2.ebuild
@@ -55,19 +55,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 	epatch netbeans-8.2-build.xml.patch
 
-	# Support for custom patches
-	if [ -n "${NETBEANS9999_PATCHES_DIR}" -a -d "${NETBEANS9999_PATCHES_DIR}" ] ; then
-		local files=`find "${NETBEANS9999_PATCHES_DIR}" -type f`
-
-		if [ -n "${files}" ] ; then
-			einfo "Applying custom patches:"
-
-			for file in ${files} ; do
-				epatch "${file}"
-			done
-		fi
-	fi
-
 	einfo "Symlinking external libraries..."
 	java-pkg_jar-from --build-only --into javahelp/external javahelp jhall.jar jhall-2.0_05.jar
 
@@ -86,6 +73,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	popd >/dev/null || die
 
 	java-pkg-2_src_prepare
+	default
 }
 
 src_compile() {