diff --git a/net-analyzer/vnstat/files/vnstat-2.2-run.patch b/net-analyzer/vnstat/files/vnstat-2.2-run.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bb9222b5fe2f6..0000000000000
--- a/net-analyzer/vnstat/files/vnstat-2.2-run.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/common.h
-+++ b/src/common.h
-@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
- #define CREATEDIRS 1
- #define UPDATEFILEOWNER 1
- #define LOGFILE "/var/log/vnstat/vnstat.log"
--#define PIDFILE "/var/run/vnstat/vnstat.pid"
-+#define PIDFILE "/run/vnstat/vnstat.pid"
- #define IS64BIT -2
- 
- /* no transparency by default */