diff --git a/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear.inc b/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear.inc
index 5c5b7fd..db114ee 100644
--- a/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear.inc
+++ b/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear.inc
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'libpam', '', d)}"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/releases/dropbear-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
            file://0001-urandom-xauth-changes-to-options.h.patch \
-           file://0003-configure.patch \
            file://0004-fix-2kb-keys.patch \
            file://0007-dropbear-fix-for-x32-abi.patch \
            file://fix-libtomcrypt-libtommath-ordering.patch \
diff --git a/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/0003-configure.patch b/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/0003-configure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c53ab01..0000000
--- a/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/0003-configure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-From c5f5c5054c1b15539dccf866e2c3faba7ed68456 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Eric=20B=C3=A9nard?= <eric@eukrea.com>
-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:27:25 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 3/6] configure: add a variable to allow openpty check to be cached
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
----
- configure.ac | 11 ++++++++---
- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 05461f3..9c16d90 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -166,15 +166,20 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(openpty,
- 			AC_MSG_NOTICE(Not using openpty)
- 		else
- 			AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using openpty if available)
--			AC_SEARCH_LIBS(openpty, util, [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OPENPTY,,Have openpty() function)])
-+			AC_SEARCH_LIBS(openpty, util, [dropbear_cv_func_have_openpty=yes])
- 		fi
- 	],
- 	[
- 		AC_MSG_NOTICE(Using openpty if available)
--		AC_SEARCH_LIBS(openpty, util, [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OPENPTY)])
-+		AC_SEARCH_LIBS(openpty, util, [dropbear_cv_func_have_openpty=yes])
- 	]
- )
--		
-+
-+if test "x$dropbear_cv_func_have_openpty" = "xyes"; then
-+	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OPENPTY,,Have openpty() function)
-+	no_ptc_check=yes
-+	no_ptmx_check=yes
-+fi
- 
- AC_ARG_ENABLE(syslog,
- 	[  --disable-syslog        Don't include syslog support],
--- 
-1.7.11.7
-