diff --git a/base/gawk/gawk.conf b/base/gawk/gawk.conf
index 96fda6af9..c6fa8ac65 100644
--- a/base/gawk/gawk.conf
+++ b/base/gawk/gawk.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../gawk/gawk.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -14,14 +14,9 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-# apply the patches defined in the gawk.desc
-var_append patchfiles ' ' "`match_source_file -p patch`"
-
 var_append INSTALL_WRAPPER_FILTER "|" \
 	'sed -e "s,usr/bin/gawk$,bin/gawk,"'
 
 # INSTALL_WRAPPER_FILTER needs to be empty to not filter the symlink ...
 hook_add postmake 3 "INSTALL_WRAPPER_FILTER= ; ln -sfv ../../bin/gawk \
                        $root/usr/bin/gawk ; ln -sfv gawk $root/bin/awk"
-
-hook_add preconf 3 "autoconf"