diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/files/fix-include-files-race.patch b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/files/fix-include-files-race.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f22e98332..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/files/fix-include-files-race.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-There is a race condition when running 
-
-    $ make install.libs install.includes
-    
-As both targets install identical files. The remedy is to either prevent
-parallel make of install.libs and install.includes, or ensure only one 
-target installs the files. 
-The second approch will only work if we always install both libs and 
-includes (which we do).
-
-
-Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration]
-
-Index: git/mk-hdr.awk
-===================================================================
---- a/mk-hdr.awk
-+++ b/mk-hdr.awk
-@@ -73,11 +73,13 @@ BEGIN	{
- END	{
- 		if ( count > 0 )
- 		{
-+			print" # patched here: Removed install.libs due the race "
- 			print "${INCLUDEDIR} :"
- 			print "	mkdir -p $@"
- 			print ""
-+			print "install.libs :: ;"
-+			print ""
- 			print "install \\"
--			print "install.libs \\"
- 			print "install.includes :: ${AUTO_SRC} ${INCLUDEDIR} \\"
- 
- 			for (i = 0; i < count - 1; ++i) {
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
index 35b8b94d64..acd2579448 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
@@ -145,9 +145,14 @@ do_test() {
 # Split original _install_opts to two parts.
 # One is the options to install contents, the other is the parameters \
 # when running command "make install"
-_install_opts = "\
-  install.libs install.includes install.man \
-"
+# Note that install.libs will also implicitly install header files,
+# so we do not need to explicitly specify install.includes.
+# Doing so could in fact result in a race condition, as both targets
+# (install.libs and install.includes) would install the same headers
+# at the same time
+
+_install_opts = " install.libs install.man "
+
 _install_cfgs = "\
   DESTDIR='${D}' \
   PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR='${libdir}/pkgconfig' \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses_6.0+20160213.bb b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses_6.0+20160213.bb
index fef4e0f626..0d56481a5c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses_6.0+20160213.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses_6.0+20160213.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ require ncurses.inc
 
 SRC_URI += "file://tic-hang.patch \
             file://config.cache \
-            file://fix-include-files-race.patch \
 "
 # commit id corresponds to the revision in package version
 SRCREV = "a25949ff653ac5ae7a204381a3ebfd800feeaa01"