diff --git a/recipes-bsp/ntp/files/tickadj.c.patch b/recipes-bsp/ntp/files/tickadj.c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ef9de9..0000000
--- a/recipes-bsp/ntp/files/tickadj.c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-Index: ntp-4.2.2p3-r0/ntp-4.2.2p3/util/tickadj.c
-===================================================================
---- ntp-4.2.2p3/util/tickadj.c	2004-02-25 06:58:33.000000000 +0100
-+++ ntp-4.2.2p3/util/tickadj.c	2007-07-07 01:00:54.000000000 +0200
-@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
- # include <unistd.h>
- #endif /* HAVE_UNISTD_H */
- 
--#ifdef HAVE___ADJTIMEX		/* Linux */
-+/* proper handling here has been moved to upstream ntp bugzilla */
-+#ifdef linux
- 
- #include <sys/timex.h>
- struct timex txc;
-@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@
- 	}
- 
- 	if (!errflg) {
--		if (__adjtimex(&txc) < 0)
-+		if (adjtimex(&txc) < 0)
- 			perror("adjtimex");
- 		else if (!quiet)
- 			printf("tick     = %ld\ntick_adj = %d\n",
-@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@
- #endif
- 	}
-     
--	if (__adjtimex(&txc) < 0)
-+	if (adjtimex(&txc) < 0)
- 	{
- 		perror("adjtimex");
- 	}
diff --git a/recipes-bsp/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p1.bb b/recipes-bsp/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p1.bb
index 647c208..b60fbb3 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p1.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/ntp/ntp_4.2.8p1.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ require ntp.inc
 PR = "r2"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/ntp-4.2/${P}.tar.gz \
-        file://tickadj.c.patch \
         file://ntp-4.2.4_p6-nano.patch \
         file://ntpd \
         file://ntp.conf \