diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd/files/gentoo-journald-audit-r1.patch b/sys-apps/systemd/files/gentoo-journald-audit-r1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b5c32df788e96..0000000000000
--- a/sys-apps/systemd/files/gentoo-journald-audit-r1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-From 2de502ccff1cc780d9d29c4ff7e6c1e0f2d7a082 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
-Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:16:17 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] journald: do not change the kernel audit setting by default
-
-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/736910
----
- man/journald.conf.xml         | 2 +-
- src/journal/journald-server.c | 2 +-
- src/journal/journald.conf     | 2 +-
- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
-index 50c33e4792..2e14674f42 100644
---- a/man/journald.conf.xml
-+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
-@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
-         kernel auditing on start-up. If disabled it will turn it off. If unset it will neither enable nor
-         disable it, leaving the previous state unchanged.  This means if another tool turns on auditing even
-         if <command>systemd-journald</command> left it off, it will still collect the generated
--        messages. Defaults to on.</para>
-+        messages.</para>
- 
-         <para>Note that this option does not control whether <command>systemd-journald</command> collects
-         generated audit records, it just controls whether it tells the kernel to generate them. If you need
-diff --git a/src/journal/journald-server.c b/src/journal/journald-server.c
-index 022e12d83d..6b3d261af6 100644
---- a/src/journal/journald-server.c
-+++ b/src/journal/journald-server.c
-@@ -2367,7 +2367,7 @@ int server_init(Server *s, const char *namespace) {
-                 .compress.threshold_bytes = UINT64_MAX,
-                 .seal = true,
- 
--                .set_audit = true,
-+                .set_audit = -1,
- 
-                 .watchdog_usec = USEC_INFINITY,
- 
-diff --git a/src/journal/journald.conf b/src/journal/journald.conf
-index 5a60a9d39c..64156d5463 100644
---- a/src/journal/journald.conf
-+++ b/src/journal/journald.conf
-@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@
- #MaxLevelWall=emerg
- #LineMax=48K
- #ReadKMsg=yes
--#Audit=yes
-+#Audit=
--- 
-2.39.1
-