diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-4.14/403-mtd_fix_cfi_cmdset_0002_status_check.patch b/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-4.14/403-mtd_fix_cfi_cmdset_0002_status_check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ef2303769a..00000000000
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-4.14/403-mtd_fix_cfi_cmdset_0002_status_check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
---- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
-+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
-@@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@ static int __xipram do_write_oneword(str
- 		}
- 
- 		if (chip_good(map, adr, datum))
--			break;
-+			goto enable_xip;
- 
- 		/* Latency issues. Drop the lock, wait a while and retry */
- 		UDELAY(map, chip, adr, 1);
-@@ -1658,6 +1658,8 @@ static int __xipram do_write_oneword(str
- 			goto retry;
- 		}
- 	}
-+
-+ enable_xip:
- 	xip_enable(map, chip, adr);
-  op_done:
- 	if (mode == FL_OTP_WRITE)
-@@ -2236,7 +2238,6 @@ static int cfi_amdstd_panic_write(struct
- 	return 0;
- }
- 
--
- /*
-  * Handle devices with one erase region, that only implement
-  * the chip erase command.
-@@ -2304,7 +2305,7 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_chip(struct
- 		}
- 
- 		if (chip_good(map, adr, map_word_ff(map)))
--			break;
-+			goto op_done;
- 
- 		if (time_after(jiffies, timeo)) {
- 			printk(KERN_WARNING "MTD %s(): software timeout\n",
-@@ -2328,6 +2329,7 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_chip(struct
- 		}
- 	}
- 
-+ op_done:
- 	chip->state = FL_READY;
- 	xip_enable(map, chip, adr);
- 	DISABLE_VPP(map);
-@@ -2401,7 +2403,7 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_oneblock(st
- 
- 		if (chip_good(map, adr, map_word_ff(map))) {
- 			xip_enable(map, chip, adr);
--			break;
-+			goto op_done;
- 		}
- 
- 		if (time_after(jiffies, timeo)) {
-@@ -2427,6 +2429,7 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_oneblock(st
- 		}
- 	}
- 
-+ op_done:
- 	chip->state = FL_READY;
- 	DISABLE_VPP(map);
- 	put_chip(map, chip, adr);