diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/940-mwl8k_init_devices_synchronously.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/940-mwl8k_init_devices_synchronously.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 357faee4bfa..00000000000
--- a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/940-mwl8k_init_devices_synchronously.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c
-+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c
-@@ -6264,6 +6264,8 @@ static int mwl8k_probe(struct pci_dev *p
- 
- 	priv->running_bsses = 0;
- 
-+	wait_for_completion(&priv->firmware_loading_complete);
-+
- 	return rc;
- 
- err_stop_firmware:
-@@ -6297,8 +6299,6 @@ static void mwl8k_remove(struct pci_dev
- 		return;
- 	priv = hw->priv;
- 
--	wait_for_completion(&priv->firmware_loading_complete);
--
- 	if (priv->fw_state == FW_STATE_ERROR) {
- 		mwl8k_hw_reset(priv);
- 		goto unmap;