diff --git a/app-editors/aee/files/aee-Wformat-security.patch b/app-editors/aee/files/aee-Wformat-security.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bc4c9c39fa14..0000000000000
--- a/app-editors/aee/files/aee-Wformat-security.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/aee.c
-+++ b/aee.c
-@@ -2493,7 +2493,7 @@
- 	}
- 	if (shell_fork)
- 	{
--		printf(press_ret_to_cont_str);
-+		printf("%s", press_ret_to_cont_str);
- 		fflush(stdout);
- 		while (((in = getchar()) != '\n') && (in != '\r'))
- 			;