diff --git a/base/time/nodef_rusage.patch b/base/time/nodef_rusage.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b55705ee..000000000
--- a/base/time/nodef_rusage.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../time/nodef_rusage.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
-#
-# 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 ---
-
---- ./resuse.h.orig	Fri May 31 20:15:43 2002
-+++ ./resuse.h	Fri May 31 20:16:17 2002
-@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
- # if HAVE_WAIT3
- #  include <sys/resource.h>
- # else
-+#  if 0  /* this is defined somewhere else */
- /* Process resource usage structure.  */
- struct rusage
- {
-@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
-   ru_oublock, ru_msgsnd, ru_msgrcv, ru_nsignals,
-   ru_nvcsw, ru_nivcsw;
- };
-+#  endif
- # endif
- #endif
-