diff --git a/www-servers/tomcat/files/tomcat-10.1.6-build.xml.patch b/www-servers/tomcat/files/tomcat-10.1.6-build.xml.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 41cf58bc908c5..0000000000000
--- a/www-servers/tomcat/files/tomcat-10.1.6-build.xml.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
---- a/build.xml
-+++ b/build.xml
-@@ -1457,9 +1457,9 @@
- 
-   <target name="deploy" depends="package,build-docs,build-tomcat-jdbc,compile-webapp-examples"
-           description="Default. Builds a working Tomcat instance">
--
-+<!-- not needed for us
-     <copy tofile="${tomcat.build}/bin/commons-daemon.jar" file="${commons-daemon.jar}" />
--
-+-->
-     <!-- Copy scripts -->
-     <copy todir="${tomcat.build}/bin">
-       <fileset dir="bin">
-@@ -1519,8 +1519,9 @@
-         <exclude name="${jdt.jar.filename}"/>
-       </fileset>
-     </delete>
-+<!-- we provide jdt jar externally
-     <copy file="${jdt.jar}" todir="${tomcat.build}/lib"/>
--
-+-->
-     <!-- Delete all other versions of Tomcat Migration Tool for Jakarta EE and copy the current one -->
-     <local name="migration.jar.filename" />
-     <basename property="migration.jar.filename" file="${migration-lib.jar}"/>
-@@ -1530,8 +1531,9 @@
-         <exclude name="${migration-lib.jar.filename}"/>
-       </fileset>
-     </delete>
-+<!-- we provide migration tool externally
-     <copy file="${migration-lib.jar}" todir="${tomcat.build}/lib"/>
--
-+-->
-     <!-- Delete all other versions of OpenSSL support for Tomcat and copy the current one -->
-     <!-- After module release
-     <local name="openssl-lib.jar.filename" />
-@@ -2213,11 +2215,12 @@
-     </copy>
- 
-     <!-- Source bundles for native components -->
-+<!-- we provide tomcat native as another package and we don't need commons-daemon
-     <copy tofile="${tomcat.dist}/bin/tomcat-native.tar.gz"
-             file="${tomcat-native.tar.gz}" />
-     <copy tofile="${tomcat.dist}/bin/commons-daemon-native.tar.gz"
-             file="${commons-daemon.native.src.tgz}" />
--
-+-->
-     <!-- platform README files -->
-     <echo append="false" file="${tomcat.dist}/bin/x64/README">
- Apache Tomcat ${version} native binaries for Win64 AMD64/EMT64 platform.
-@@ -2378,8 +2381,10 @@ Apache Tomcat ${version} native binaries for Win64 AMD64/EMT64 platform.
-       <link href="../elapi"/>
-       <link href="../websocketapi"/>
-       <link href="../jaspicapi"/>
-+<!-- net is not accessed from emerge
-       <link href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/"/>
-       <link href="https://jakarta.ee/specifications/platform/10/apidocs/"/>
-+-->
-       <packageset dir="${tomcat.dist}/src/java/">
-         <include name="org/**"/>
-         <exclude name="org/apache/el/parser/**"/>
-@@ -3300,6 +3305,7 @@ asf.ldap.username=${release.asfusername}
-           depends="setup-bnd">
- 
-     <!-- Download Commons Daemon -->
-+<!-- not needed
-     <antcall target="downloadgz-2">
-       <param name="sourcefile.1" value="${commons-daemon.bin.loc.1}"/>
-       <param name="sourcefile.2" value="${commons-daemon.bin.loc.2}"/>
-@@ -3308,8 +3314,9 @@ asf.ldap.username=${release.asfusername}
-       <param name="checksum.algorithm" value="${commons-daemon.bin.checksum.algorithm}"/>
-       <param name="checksum.value" value="${commons-daemon.bin.checksum.value}"/>
-     </antcall>
--
-+-->
-     <!-- Download JDT (Eclipse compiler) -->
-+<!-- we provide JDT
-     <antcall target="downloadfile-2">
-       <param name="sourcefile.1" value="${jdt.loc.1}"/>
-       <param name="sourcefile.2" value="${jdt.loc.2}"/>
-@@ -3319,8 +3326,9 @@ asf.ldap.username=${release.asfusername}
-       <param name="checksum.algorithm" value="${jdt.checksum.algorithm}"/>
-       <param name="checksum.value" value="${jdt.checksum.value}"/>
-     </antcall>
--
-+-->
-     <!-- Download WS API -->
-+<!-- we provide jaxrpc
-     <antcall target="downloadfile">
-       <param name="sourcefile" value="${jaxrpc-lib.loc}"/>
-       <param name="destfile" value="${jaxrpc-lib.jar}"/>
-@@ -3329,6 +3337,8 @@ asf.ldap.username=${release.asfusername}
-       <param name="checksum.algorithm" value="${jaxrpc-lib.checksum.algorithm}"/>
-       <param name="checksum.value" value="${jaxrpc-lib.checksum.value}"/>
-     </antcall>
-+-->
-+<!-- we provide wsdl4j
-     <antcall target="downloadfile">
-       <param name="sourcefile" value="${wsdl4j-lib.loc}"/>
-       <param name="destfile" value="${wsdl4j-lib.jar}"/>
-@@ -3337,8 +3347,9 @@ asf.ldap.username=${release.asfusername}
-       <param name="checksum.algorithm" value="${wsdl4j-lib.checksum.algorithm}"/>
-       <param name="checksum.value" value="${wsdl4j-lib.checksum.value}"/>
-     </antcall>
--
-+-->
-     <!-- Tomcat Migration Tool for Jakarta EE -->
-+<!-- we provide migration tool
-     <antcall target="downloadfile">
-       <param name="sourcefile" value="${migration-lib.loc}"/>
-       <param name="destfile" value="${migration-lib.jar}"/>
-@@ -3347,7 +3358,7 @@ asf.ldap.username=${release.asfusername}
-       <param name="checksum.algorithm" value="${migration-lib.checksum.algorithm}"/>
-       <param name="checksum.value" value="${migration-lib.checksum.value}"/>
-     </antcall>
--
-+-->
-   </target>
- 
-   <target name="download-test-compile"