diff --git a/net-snmp-5.0.8-readonly.patch b/net-snmp-5.0.8-readonly.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e4ef876..0000000
--- a/net-snmp-5.0.8-readonly.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-diff -up net-snmp-5.4.1/agent/snmp_agent.c.backup_patch_3 net-snmp-5.4.1/agent/snmp_agent.c
---- net-snmp-5.4.1/agent/snmp_agent.c.backup_patch_3	2007-05-14 16:50:38.000000000 +0200
-+++ net-snmp-5.4.1/agent/snmp_agent.c	2008-07-25 12:52:40.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1504,6 +1504,12 @@ netsnmp_wrap_up_request(netsnmp_agent_se
-     int             i;
- 
-     /*
-+     * Update asp->status if necessary. Fixes ro/rw problem.
-+     */
-+    if ( status != 0  && asp->status == 0 )
-+          asp->status = status;
-+
-+    /*
-      * if this request was a set, clear the global now that we are
-      * done.
-      */
diff --git a/net-snmp.spec b/net-snmp.spec
index 0e7f622..d4569e4 100644
--- a/net-snmp.spec
+++ b/net-snmp.spec
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ Net-SNMP toolkit library.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{major_ver}
 %patch1 -p1 -b .mnttab
-%patch3 -p1 -b .readonly
 
 %ifnarch ia64
 %patch4 -p1 -b .pie