diff --git a/recipes/tools/gnu-grep/grep.patch b/recipes/tools/gnu-grep/grep.patch
index 8b3d8b98e..311f82263 100644
--- a/recipes/tools/gnu-grep/grep.patch
+++ b/recipes/tools/gnu-grep/grep.patch
@@ -1,23 +1,4 @@
 Only in source: grep.patch
-diff -ru source/lib/getdtablesize.c source-new/lib/getdtablesize.c
---- source/lib/getdtablesize.c	2017-07-23 20:50:44.287742363 -0700
-+++ source-new/lib/getdtablesize.c	2017-07-23 20:51:06.271284748 -0700
-@@ -109,15 +109,6 @@
- int
- getdtablesize (void)
- {
--  struct rlimit lim;
--
--  if (getrlimit (RLIMIT_NOFILE, &lim) == 0
--      && 0 <= lim.rlim_cur && lim.rlim_cur <= INT_MAX
--      && lim.rlim_cur != RLIM_INFINITY
--      && lim.rlim_cur != RLIM_SAVED_CUR
--      && lim.rlim_cur != RLIM_SAVED_MAX)
--    return lim.rlim_cur;
--
-   return INT_MAX;
- }
- 
 diff -ru source/lib/getprogname.c source-new/lib/getprogname.c
 --- source/lib/getprogname.c	2017-01-16 09:29:13.000000000 -0800
 +++ source-new/lib/getprogname.c	2017-07-23 20:49:21.133618122 -0700