diff --git a/dev-ruby/childprocess/files/childprocess-1.0.1-ruby26-reopen.patch b/dev-ruby/childprocess/files/childprocess-1.0.1-ruby26-reopen.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 11f9442182904..0000000000000
--- a/dev-ruby/childprocess/files/childprocess-1.0.1-ruby26-reopen.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/lib/childprocess/unix/fork_exec_process.rb b/lib/childprocess/unix/fork_exec_process.rb
-index 5ed2a79..cc7a850 100644
---- a/lib/childprocess/unix/fork_exec_process.rb
-+++ b/lib/childprocess/unix/fork_exec_process.rb
-@@ -29,8 +29,16 @@ module ChildProcess
-           exec_r.close
-           set_env
- 
--          STDOUT.reopen(stdout || "/dev/null")
--          STDERR.reopen(stderr || "/dev/null")
-+          if stdout
-+            STDOUT.reopen(stdout)
-+          else
-+            STDOUT.reopen("/dev/null", "a+")
-+          end
-+          if stderr
-+            STDERR.reopen(stderr)
-+          else
-+            STDERR.reopen("/dev/null", "a+")
-+          end
- 
-           if duplex?
-             STDIN.reopen(reader)