diff --git a/gcc2dependency.patch b/gcc2dependency.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 42e10315c..000000000
--- a/gcc2dependency.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Index: src/libCom/misc/compilerDependencies.h
-===================================================================
-RCS file: /cvs/G/EPICS/base-3.14.12/src/libCom/misc/compilerDependencies.h,v
-retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
-diff -u -r1.1.1.1 compilerDependencies.h
---- src/libCom/misc/compilerDependencies.h	29 Nov 2010 10:38:07 -0000	1.1.1.1
-+++ src/libCom/misc/compilerDependencies.h	21 Jun 2011 07:37:38 -0000
-@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
- /*
-  * Deprecation marker
-  */
--#ifdef __GNUC__
-+#if defined (__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 3)
- # define EPICS_DEPRECATED __attribute__((deprecated))
- #else
- # define EPICS_DEPRECATED