diff --git a/target/linux/generic/pending-4.9/206-mips-disable-vdso.patch b/target/linux/generic/pending-4.9/206-mips-disable-vdso.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 807d5790447..00000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic/pending-4.9/206-mips-disable-vdso.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
-Subject: kernel: disable MIPS VDSO by default until the cache issues have been resolved
-
-lede-commit: 1185e645a773c86aa88cf04d0e2911dc62eb43f5
-Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
----
- arch/mips/vdso/Makefile | 4 ++--
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
---- a/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
-+++ b/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
-@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ aflags-vdso := $(ccflags-vdso) \
- ifndef CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR6
-   ifeq ($(call ld-ifversion, -lt, 225000000, y),y)
-     $(warning MIPS VDSO requires binutils >= 2.25)
--    obj-vdso-y := $(filter-out gettimeofday.o, $(obj-vdso-y))
--    ccflags-vdso += -DDISABLE_MIPS_VDSO
-   endif
-+  obj-vdso-y := $(filter-out gettimeofday.o, $(obj-vdso-y))
-+  ccflags-vdso += -DDISABLE_MIPS_VDSO
- endif
- 
- # VDSO linker flags.