diff --git a/debian/patches/add_missing_vb_portable_targets.patch b/debian/patches/add_missing_vb_portable_targets.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bdefed17db..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/add_missing_vb_portable_targets.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-Index: xamarin-pkg-mono/mcs/tools/xbuild/targets/Microsoft.Portable.VisualBasic_4.0.targets
-===================================================================
---- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
-+++ xamarin-pkg-mono/mcs/tools/xbuild/targets/Microsoft.Portable.VisualBasic_4.0.targets	2015-05-15 15:55:12.074775985 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
-+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-+	<Import Project="..\Microsoft.Portable.Core.props" />
-+	<Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.VisualBasic.targets" />
-+	<Import Project="..\Microsoft.Portable.Core.targets" />
-+</Project>
-Index: xamarin-pkg-mono/mcs/tools/xbuild/targets/Microsoft.Portable.VisualBasic_4.5.targets
-===================================================================
---- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
-+++ xamarin-pkg-mono/mcs/tools/xbuild/targets/Microsoft.Portable.VisualBasic_4.5.targets	2015-05-15 15:55:19.194775876 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
-+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-+	<Import Project="..\Microsoft.Portable.Core.props" />
-+	<Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.VisualBasic.targets" />
-+	<Import Project="..\Microsoft.Portable.Core.targets" />
-+</Project>
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 4dcfcfc904..bc84ce1b06 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-add_missing_vb_portable_targets.patch
 rename-and-package-symbolicate.patch