diff --git a/gearmand-0.27-unistd.patch b/gearmand-0.27-unistd.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 975b01b..0000000
--- a/gearmand-0.27-unistd.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-https://bugs.launchpad.net/gearmand/+bug/914495
-
---- gearmand-0.27/util/instance.cc.orig	2011-10-28 22:33:38.000000000 -0500
-+++ gearmand-0.27/util/instance.cc	2012-01-12 19:22:53.937445044 -0600
-@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
- #include <sys/socket.h>
- #include <sys/types.h>
- #include <netinet/in.h>
--
-+#include <unistd.h>
- 
- namespace datadifferential {
- namespace util {
diff --git a/gearmand.spec b/gearmand.spec
index 15044d7..29f0b1d 100644
--- a/gearmand.spec
+++ b/gearmand.spec
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ Requires(post): systemd-units
 Requires(preun): systemd-units
 Requires(postun): systemd-units
 
-Patch0: gearmand-0.27-unistd.patch
-
-
 %description
 Gearman provides a generic framework to farm out work to other machines
 or dispatch function calls to machines that are better suited to do the work.
@@ -82,7 +79,6 @@ Development headers for %{name} 1.0.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch -p1 -b gearmand-0.27-unistd.patch
 
 %build
 %ifarch ppc64 sparc64
@@ -195,7 +191,6 @@ fi
 * Tue Jan 10 2012 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 0.27-1
 - Latest sources from upstream.  Release notes here:
   https://launchpad.net/gearmand/trunk/0.27
-- Added Patch0: gearmand-0.27-unistd.patch.  Resolves LP#914495
  
 * Tue Nov 22 2011 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 0.25-1
 - Latest sources from upstream.  Release notes here: