diff --git a/app-admin/whowatch/files/whowatch-1.8.4-select.patch b/app-admin/whowatch/files/whowatch-1.8.4-select.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0907c70e67501..0000000000000
--- a/app-admin/whowatch/files/whowatch-1.8.4-select.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/whowatch.c
-+++ b/src/whowatch.c
-@@ -436,12 +436,12 @@
- 		gettimeofday(&after, 0);
- 		tv.tv_sec -= (after.tv_sec - before.tv_sec);
- 		if(retval > 0) {
--			int key = read_key();
-+			int key = getkey();
- 			key_action(key);
- 		}
- 		if(tv.tv_sec <= 0) {
- 			ticks++;
--			periodic();
-+			main_periodic();
- 			tv.tv_sec = TIMEOUT;
- 		}
- #endif