diff --git a/debian/patches/ruby_bindings_format_string.patch b/debian/patches/ruby_bindings_format_string.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-Subject: fix format string in Ruby binding
-Author: Johannes Brandstätter <jbrandstaetter@gmail.com>
-Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=676081
-Forwarded: no
-Last-Update: 2012-07-01
-
---- rrdtool-1.4.7.orig/bindings/ruby/main.c
-+++ rrdtool-1.4.7/bindings/ruby/main.c
-@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
-
- #define RRD_CHECK_ERROR \
- if (rrd_test_error()) \
-- rb_raise(rb_eRRDError, rrd_get_error()); \
-+ rb_raise(rb_eRRDError, "%s", rrd_get_error()); \
- rrd_clear_error();
-
- string_arr string_arr_new(
-@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
- break;
- default:
- rb_raise(rb_eTypeError,
-- "invalid argument - %s, expected T_STRING or T_FIXNUM on index %ld",
-- (long)rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(v)), i);
-+ "invalid argument - %s, expected T_STRING or T_FIXNUM on index %d",
-+ rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(v)), i);
- break;
- }
- }