diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index e80ee18135..1a2f420c74 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -628,16 +628,6 @@ FAKEROOTNOENV = "PSEUDO_UNLOAD=1"
 FAKEROOTDIRS = "${PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR}"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/fakeroot-native ?= "pseudo-native"
 
-##################################################################
-# Miscellaneous utilities.
-##################################################################
-
-# GNU patch tries to be intellgent about checking out read-only files from
-# a RCS, which freaks out those special folks with active Perforce clients
-# the following makes patch ignore RCS:
-
-export PATCH_GET="0"
-
 ##################################################################
 # Not sure about the rest of this yet.
 ##################################################################