diff --git a/build_patches/openwrt/0051-ipq40xx-retain-old-compat_version.patch b/build_patches/openwrt/0051-ipq40xx-retain-old-compat_version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a0237b90..00000000
--- a/build_patches/openwrt/0051-ipq40xx-retain-old-compat_version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Fabian=20Bl=C3=A4se?= <fabian@blaese.de>
-Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 20:59:16 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] ipq40xx: retain old compat_version
-
-diff --git a/target/linux/ipq40xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/ipq40xx/image/Makefile
-index 2ba4c779a0..5851b29875 100644
---- a/target/linux/ipq40xx/image/Makefile
-+++ b/target/linux/ipq40xx/image/Makefile
-@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ define Device/Default
- 	IMAGES := sysupgrade.bin
- 	IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin = sysupgrade-tar | append-metadata
- 	IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin/squashfs :=
--	DEVICE_COMPAT_VERSION := 1.1
--	DEVICE_COMPAT_MESSAGE := Config cannot be migrated from swconfig to DSA
- endef
- 
- include $(SUBTARGET).mk