diff --git a/editors/e3/e3-make.patch b/editors/e3/e3-make.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index aeaf87a50..000000000
--- a/editors/e3/e3-make.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../e3/e3-make.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2011 The OpenSDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-diff -up e3-2.8/Makefile.make e3-2.8/Makefile
---- e3-2.8/Makefile.make	2010-05-27 20:58:59.000000000 +0200
-+++ e3-2.8/Makefile	2011-01-13 09:28:25.253712906 +0100
-@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ all:	32
- 
- 32:	$(ASOURCES) Makefile
- ifeq	($(OS),LINUX)
--	nasm -O2 -f bin -l e3.lst -o e3 e3.asm -DCRIPLED_ELF=1 -D$(OS) -D$(EXMODE) 
-+	nasm -O2 -f bin -l e3.lst -o e3 e3.asm -DCRIPLED_ELF=1 -D$(OS)
- 	chmod +x e3
- else
- 	echo $(ASVER)
--	nasm -O2 $(AFLAGS) -o e3.o e3.asm -l e3.lst -D$(OS) -D$(EXMODE)
-+	nasm -O2 $(AFLAGS) -o e3.o e3.asm -l e3.lst -D$(OS)
- 	ld -s -o e3 e3.o
- 	strip --remove-section .comment e3
- endif
-@@ -71,13 +71,15 @@ endif
- # -------------------------------------------------
- 
- install:	e3
--	install -d $(PREFIX) $(BINDIR) $(MANDIR)
-+	install -d $(BINDIR) $(MANDIR)
- 	install -m 755 e3 $(BINDIR)
--	ln -sf $(BINDIR)/e3 $(BINDIR)/e3ws
--	ln -sf $(BINDIR)/e3 $(BINDIR)/e3em
--	ln -sf $(BINDIR)/e3 $(BINDIR)/e3pi
--	ln -sf $(BINDIR)/e3 $(BINDIR)/e3vi
--	ln -sf $(BINDIR)/e3 $(BINDIR)/e3ne
-+	(cd $(BINDIR); \
-+		ln -sf $(BINDIR)/e3 $(BINDIR)/e3ws; \
-+		ln -sf $(BINDIR)/e3 $(BINDIR)/e3em; \
-+		ln -sf $(BINDIR)/e3 $(BINDIR)/e3pi; \
-+		ln -sf $(BINDIR)/e3 $(BINDIR)/e3vi; \
-+		ln -sf $(BINDIR)/e3 $(BINDIR)/e3ne; \
-+	);
- 	install -m 644 e3.man $(MANDIR)/e3.$(MANSEC)
- 
- clean:
diff --git a/editors/e3/e3.conf b/editors/e3/e3.conf
index 5a7414a06..93b1c91fc 100644
--- a/editors/e3/e3.conf
+++ b/editors/e3/e3.conf
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
+var_append makeopt ' ' "EXMODE=SED"
 
 var_append makeinstopt ' ' "PREFIX=$root/$prefix"