diff --git a/sys-kernel/linux-firmware/linux-firmware-99999999.ebuild b/sys-kernel/linux-firmware/linux-firmware-99999999.ebuild
index 01fe7c79c96de..6cef5cc50e0e6 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/linux-firmware/linux-firmware-99999999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/linux-firmware/linux-firmware-99999999.ebuild
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ RDEPEND="!savedconfig? (
 	)"
 
 QA_PREBUILT="*"
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-remove-rdfind-dep-and-use.patch" )
 
 pkg_setup() {
 	if use compress-xz || use compress-zstd ; then
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ src_unpack() {
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
-	use deduplicate && export LINUX_FIRMWARE_DO_DEDUPE=1
 	default
 
 	find . -type f -not -perm 0644 -print0 \
@@ -279,7 +277,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_install() {
-	./copy-firmware.sh -v "${ED}/lib/firmware" || die
+	./copy-firmware.sh $(usex deduplicate '' '--ignore-duplicates') -v "${ED}/lib/firmware" || die
 
 	pushd "${ED}/lib/firmware" &>/dev/null || die