diff --git a/patch/libicuuc.patch b/patch/libicuuc.patch
index 70651b0bb..ff52e2ab8 100644
--- a/patch/libicuuc.patch
+++ b/patch/libicuuc.patch
@@ -19,31 +19,3 @@ index 4e5292f2a..8c706ea94 100644
 +    ENDIF()
    ENDIF()
  ENDIF()
- 
-diff --git a/patch/libicuuc.patch b/patch/libicuuc.patch
-index 56dc4453d..e69de29bb 100644
---- a/patch/libicuuc.patch
-+++ b/patch/libicuuc.patch
-@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
--diff --git a/code/CMakeLists.txt b/code/CMakeLists.txt
--index 4e422c0b5..e76be35f1 100644
----- a/code/CMakeLists.txt
--+++ b/code/CMakeLists.txt
--@@ -153,6 +153,17 @@ IF(WITH_STATIC)
--     IF(LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES)
--       SET(LIBXML2_LIBRARIES ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES})
--     ENDIF()
--+    # under Linux, recent libxml2 versions are linked without libicuuc & libicudata
--+    IF(WITH_STATIC_EXTERNAL)
--+      find_library (LIBICUUC_LIBRARY NAMES icuuc)
--+      IF(LIBICUUC_LIBRARY)
--+        SET(LIBXML2_LIBRARIES ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBICUUC_LIBRARY})
--+      ENDIF()
--+      find_library (LIBICUDATA_LIBRARY NAMES icudata)
--+      IF(LIBICUDATA_LIBRARY)
--+        SET(LIBXML2_LIBRARIES ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBICUDATA_LIBRARY})
--+      ENDIF()
--+    ENDIF()
--   ENDIF()
-- ENDIF()
--