diff --git a/base/pciutils/pciutils-3.1.8-fix-libpci-abi-version-symlink.patch b/base/pciutils/pciutils-3.1.8-fix-libpci-abi-version-symlink.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 47ead167c..000000000
--- a/base/pciutils/pciutils-3.1.8-fix-libpci-abi-version-symlink.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../pciutils/pciutils-3.1.8-fix-libpci-abi-version-symlink.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2012 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 ---
-
-Fix to create proper symlinks to shared library
-
-Without this patch the symlink libpci.so -> libpci.so.3 is broken, thus we
-create libpci.so.3 -> libpci.so.3.1.8
- 
---- pciutils-3.1.8/Makefile.orig	2012-01-13 23:54:01.588075533 +0100
-+++ pciutils-3.1.8/Makefile	2012-01-14 00:40:20.924075534 +0100
-@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
- 	$(DIRINSTALL) -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
- 	$(INSTALL) -c -m 644 lib/$(PCILIB) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
- 	ln -sf $(PCILIB) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME).so$(ABI_VERSION)
-+	ln -sf $(PCILIB).$(VERSION) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME).so$(ABI_VERSION)
- endif
- 
- install-lib: $(PCIINC_INS) lib/$(PCILIB) lib/$(PCILIBPC)
-@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@
- 	$(INSTALL) -c -m 644 lib/$(PCILIBPC) $(DESTDIR)$(PKGCFDIR)
- ifeq ($(SHARED),yes)
- 	ln -sf $(LIBNAME).so$(ABI_VERSION) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME).so
-+	ln -sf $(LIBNAME).so.$(VERSION) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/$(LIBNAME).so$(ABI_VERSION)
- endif
- 
- uninstall: all
diff --git a/base/pciutils/pciutils.conf b/base/pciutils/pciutils.conf
index 004d4f7ca..22d532cae 100644
--- a/base/pciutils/pciutils.conf
+++ b/base/pciutils/pciutils.conf
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ pciutils_preconf() {
 	if [ "$buildloop" -eq 2 ]; then
 		hook_add premake 1 "eval $MAKE clean"
 		var_append makeopt ' ' "SHARED=yes"
-		# only install the shared library
-		var_remove makeinstopt ' ' "install"
 		var_append makeinstopt ' ' "SHARED=yes"
 	fi
 }