diff --git a/patches/x509_genn.c.diff b/patches/x509_genn.c.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c6ea8c..0000000
--- a/patches/x509_genn.c.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Index: lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_genn.c
-===================================================================
-RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_genn.c,v
-retrieving revision 1.2
-diff -u -p -r1.2 x509_genn.c
---- lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_genn.c	8 Dec 2020 15:06:42 -0000	1.2
-+++ lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_genn.c	24 Jan 2023 09:43:06 -0000
-@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ GENERAL_NAME_cmp(GENERAL_NAME *a, GENERA
- 		return -1;
- 	switch (a->type) {
- 	case GEN_X400:
--		result = ASN1_TYPE_cmp(a->d.x400Address, b->d.x400Address);
-+		result = ASN1_STRING_cmp((ASN1_STRING *)a->d.x400Address,
-+		    (ASN1_STRING *)b->d.x400Address);
- 		break;
- 
- 	case GEN_EDIPARTY:
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 7d3f8e5..6832fe8 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -362,9 +362,6 @@ done
 (cd crypto
 	$PATCH -p4 < ../patches/uninit_asn1_string_to_utf8.diff
 )
-(cd crypto
-	$PATCH -p2 < ../patches/x509_genn.c.diff
-)
 
 # copy manpages
 echo "copying manpages"