diff --git a/net/dnsdist/patches/010-time_t-check.patch b/net/dnsdist/patches/010-time_t-check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e8760e4b5..000000000
--- a/net/dnsdist/patches/010-time_t-check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- a/configure
-+++ b/configure
-@@ -5044,9 +5044,6 @@ cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
- _ACEOF
- 
- 
--if test $ac_size -lt 8; then :
--  as_fn_error $? "size of time_t is $ac_size, which is not large enough to fix the y2k38 bug" "$LINENO" 5
--fi
- 
-  typename=`echo time_t | sed "s/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/_/g"`
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether time_t is signed" >&5
diff --git a/net/pdns-recursor/patches/010-time_t-check.patch b/net/pdns-recursor/patches/010-time_t-check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d6b7a5c0..000000000
--- a/net/pdns-recursor/patches/010-time_t-check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ AC_PROG_CC
- AC_PROG_CXX
- AC_LANG([C++])
- 
--PDNS_CHECK_TIME_T
--
- AC_DEFINE([RECURSOR], [1],
-   [This is the PowerDNS Recursor]
- )
diff --git a/net/pdns/patches/010-time_t-check.patch b/net/pdns/patches/010-time_t-check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ba477c5b7..000000000
--- a/net/pdns/patches/010-time_t-check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ AC_PROG_CC
- AC_PROG_CXX
- AC_LANG([C++])
- 
--PDNS_CHECK_TIME_T
- PDNS_CHECK_BISON
- PDNS_CHECK_FLEX
-