diff --git a/tools/automake/patches/200-do-not-override-silent-rules.patch b/tools/automake/patches/200-do-not-override-silent-rules.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e8ba8c5ca5..0000000000
--- a/tools/automake/patches/200-do-not-override-silent-rules.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN automake-1.15/m4/silent.m4 automake-1.15.mod/m4/silent.m4
---- automake-1.15/m4/silent.m4	2014-12-30 22:53:05.000000000 +0100
-+++ automake-1.15.mod/m4/silent.m4	2015-03-11 12:00:26.280586399 +0100
-@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
- else
-   am_cv_make_support_nested_variables=no
- fi])
--if test $am_cv_make_support_nested_variables = yes; then
-+#if test $am_cv_make_support_nested_variables = yes; then
-+if false; then
-   dnl Using '$V' instead of '$(V)' breaks IRIX make.
-   AM_V='$(V)'
-   AM_DEFAULT_V='$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY)'