diff --git a/dev-util/checkbashisms/checkbashisms-2.20.3.ebuild b/dev-util/checkbashisms/checkbashisms-2.20.3.ebuild
index 26d0ab390329e..a0d64f24d4da9 100644
--- a/dev-util/checkbashisms/checkbashisms-2.20.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/checkbashisms/checkbashisms-2.20.3.ebuild
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}/scripts"
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 
-	eapply -p2 "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.18.6-command-vV.patch
-
 	sed "s@###VERSION###@${PV}@" -i checkbashisms.pl || die
 }