diff --git a/mail/dovecot/dovecot.conf b/mail/dovecot/dovecot.conf
index 89f3b2f12..cdbbf6e9e 100644
--- a/mail/dovecot/dovecot.conf
+++ b/mail/dovecot/dovecot.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../dovecot/dovecot.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2013 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -20,21 +20,3 @@ if pkginstalled openldap ; then
         pkgprefix -t openldap
         var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--with-ldap"
 fi
-dovecotdir=
-dovecotsievedir=
-
-manage_sieve() {
-
-if [ -z "$dovecotdir" ] ; then
-	dovecotdir="$PWD"
-	var_append patchfiles ' ' "$( match_source_file -p diff )"
-elif [ -z "$dovecotsievedir" ] ; then
-	dovecotsievedir="$PWD"
-	var_append confopt ' ' "--with-dovecot=$dovecotdir"
-else
-	var_append confopt ' ' "--with-dovecot=$dovecotdir"
-	var_append confopt ' ' "--with-dovecot-sieve=$dovecotsievedir"
-fi
-}
-
-hook_add prepatch 5 'manage_sieve'