diff --git a/print/freetype/Portfile b/print/freetype/Portfile
index 812aa0ce3b1..2936812bdd9 100644
--- a/print/freetype/Portfile
+++ b/print/freetype/Portfile
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ checksums \
         sha256  138ec5c5081c2c0d1d4624e83bf3797a27271fdb5218deff6599f2d23b66438a
 
 patchfiles \
-    patch-detect.mk.diff \
     patch-src_base_ftrfork.c.diff \
     patch-src_type1_t1load.c.diff \
     patch-modules.cfg.diff
diff --git a/print/freetype/files/patch-detect.mk.diff b/print/freetype/files/patch-detect.mk.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fe5fe5863e..00000000000
--- a/print/freetype/files/patch-detect.mk.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- builds/unix/detect.mk.orig	2011-11-30 09:30:49.000000000 -0600
-+++ builds/unix/detect.mk	2012-03-09 02:27:36.000000000 -0600
-@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@
-   ifdef must_configure
-     ifneq ($(have_Makefile),)
-       # we are building FT2 not in the src tree
--	      $(TOP_DIR)/builds/unix/configure $(value CFG)
-+	      $(TOP_DIR)/builds/unix/configure $(CFG)
-     else
--	      cd builds/unix; ./configure $(value CFG)
-+	      cd builds/unix; ./configure $(CFG)
-     endif
-   endif
-