diff --git a/dev-ros/rviz/files/assimp.patch b/dev-ros/rviz/files/assimp.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e0eb3ed33840..0000000000000
--- a/dev-ros/rviz/files/assimp.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: rviz-1.14.14/src/rviz/CMakeLists.txt
-===================================================================
---- rviz-1.14.14.orig/src/rviz/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ rviz-1.14.14/src/rviz/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
-   ${rviz_ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES}
-   ${TinyXML2_LIBRARIES}
-   ${X11_X11_LIB}
--  ${ASSIMP_LIBRARIES}
-+  ${assimp_LIBRARIES}
-   ${YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES}
- )
- 
diff --git a/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-1.14.14-r1.ebuild b/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-1.14.14-r1.ebuild
index 918be539f8bce..95d1d0a869822 100644
--- a/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-1.14.14-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-1.14.14-r1.ebuild
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/yamlcpp.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/assimp.patch"
 )
 
 src_test() {
diff --git a/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-9999.ebuild b/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-9999.ebuild
index 918be539f8bce..95d1d0a869822 100644
--- a/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/rviz/rviz-9999.ebuild
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/yamlcpp.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/assimp.patch"
 )
 
 src_test() {