diff --git a/package/xerces/0001-fix-static-linking-with-curl.patch b/package/xerces/0001-fix-static-linking-with-curl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index db38de79fc..0000000000
--- a/package/xerces/0001-fix-static-linking-with-curl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-From 26e3f1440bbc75c704fc93ff43a2abbfbe4c0203 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:56:50 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] fix static linking with curl
-
-When curl is statically built with openssl support, xerces needs to
-link with openssl libraries so use pkg_check_modules to get any
-needed dependencies
-
-Fixes:
- - http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/29ca90fff2c8e38f2edf7240eca3aa3fe7397c45
-
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
----
- cmake/XercesNetAccessorSelection.cmake | 8 +++++++-
- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/cmake/XercesNetAccessorSelection.cmake b/cmake/XercesNetAccessorSelection.cmake
-index 7a63f1f6b..e90fcf034 100644
---- a/cmake/XercesNetAccessorSelection.cmake
-+++ b/cmake/XercesNetAccessorSelection.cmake
-@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ if(network)
- 
-   # Requires select() which is UNIX only
-   if(UNIX)
--    find_package(CURL)
-+    find_package(PkgConfig)
-+    if (PkgConfig_FOUND)
-+      pkg_check_modules(CURL libcurl)
-+      if (NOT CURL_FOUND)
-+        find_package(CURL)
-+      endif()
-+    endif()
-     if(CURL_FOUND)
-       list(APPEND netaccessors curl)
-     endif()
--- 
-2.17.1
-