diff --git a/core/recipes-connectivity/ppp/ppp_2.4.7.bbappend b/core/recipes-connectivity/ppp/ppp_2.4.7.bbappend
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@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-inherit external-common
-
-# This patch is needed, at this time, to fix builds with linux-libc-headers
-# from the 4.8 Linux kernel or newer, which is not the case for most external
-# toolchains. As the external toolchain is available at parse time, we can
-# check the version and only apply it when appropriate.
-KERNEL_48_PATCH = "file://ppp-fix-building-with-linux-4.8.patch"
-SRC_URI_remove_class-target := "${@'${KERNEL_48_PATCH}' if [int(i) for i in ('${EXTERNAL_LIBC_KERNEL_VERSION}' or '0.0').split('.')] < [4, 8] else ''}"