diff --git a/dev-java/commons-validator/files/validator-1.3.build.xml.patch b/dev-java/commons-validator/files/validator-1.3.build.xml.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 98d048e0b6ce9..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/commons-validator/files/validator-1.3.build.xml.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
---- build.xml.o	2006-10-21 18:12:49.000000000 +0200
-+++ build.xml	2006-10-21 18:29:18.000000000 +0200
-@@ -122,11 +122,12 @@
- 
-   <!-- Construct compile classpath -->
-   <path id="compile.classpath">
--    <pathelement location="${build.home}/classes"/>
--    <pathelement location="${commons-beanutils.jar}"/>
--    <pathelement location="${commons-digester.jar}"/>
--    <pathelement location="${commons-logging.jar}"/>
--    <pathelement location="${oro.jar}"/>
-+    <pathelement path="${build.home}/classes"/>
-+    <pathelement path="${commons-beanutils.jar}"/>
-+    <pathelement path="${commons-digester.jar}"/>
-+    <pathelement path="${commons-logging.jar}"/>
-+    <pathelement path="${commons-collections.jar}"/>
-+    <pathelement path="${oro.jar}"/>
-     <path refid="downloaded.lib.classpath"/>
-   </path>
- 
-@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@
-   </target>
- 
- 
--  <target name="compile" depends="static"
-+  <target name="compile" depends="prepare"
-    description="Compile shareable components">
-     <javac  srcdir="${source.home}"
-            destdir="${build.home}/classes"
-@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@
-     </exec>
-   </target>
- 
--  <target name="javadoc" depends="compile, javadoc.js"
-+  <target name="javadoc" depends="compile"
-    description="Create component Javadoc documentation">
-     <javadoc sourcepath="${source.home}"
-                 destdir="${dist.home}/docs/apidocs"