diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc_4.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc_4.5.bb
index 24fa751b8d..19e8a25d0e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc_4.5.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc_4.5.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@ require recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-${PV}.inc
 require recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-target.inc
 require recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-package-target.inc
 
-SRC_URI_append = "file://fortran-cross-compile-hack.patch"
-
 ARCH_FLAGS_FOR_TARGET += "-isystem${STAGING_INCDIR}"