diff --git a/debian/patches/lirc.patch b/debian/patches/lirc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From a26898627b93ce15b26d18a18c504a0a021faf58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Alec Leamas <leamas@nowhere.net>
-Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 12:22:59 +0200
-Subject: configure.ac: detect lirc 0.9.4
-
-Origin: http://git.musicpd.org/cgit/master/ncmpc.git/commit/?id=a26898627b93ce15b26d18a18c504a0a021faf58
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 14edebe..77c4701 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -184,8 +184,12 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([lirc],
- [Enable LIRC support]),,
- [enable_lirc=no])
- if test x$enable_lirc = xyes; then
-- PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBLIRCCLIENT], [liblircclient0],,
-- [AC_MSG_ERROR([liblircclient0 not found])])
-+ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBLIRCCLIENT], [lirc],,
-+ [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBLIRCCLIENT], [liblircclient0],,
-+ [AC_MSG_ERROR([lirc not found])]
-+ )]
-+ )
-+
- AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_LIRC], [1], [Enable LIRC support])
- fi
-
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