diff --git a/packaging/rules/debian/patches/check-for-gsm.patch b/packaging/rules/debian/patches/check-for-gsm.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f1e8235a7dea0ce6dcecbf397c27b0e04a26144b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packaging/rules/debian/patches/check-for-gsm.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Description: Assume gsm is installed to avoid internet access
-Origin: vendor
-Author: Alexandre Viau <aviau@debian.org>
-Reviewed-by: Alexandre Viau <aviau@debian.org>
-Last-Update: 2016-04-22
-
---- a/daemon/contrib/src/gsm/rules.mak
-+++ b/daemon/contrib/src/gsm/rules.mak
-@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
- 
- PKGS += gsm
- 
-+PKGS_FOUND += gsm
-+
- $(TARBALLS)/libgsm_$(GSM_VERSION).tar.gz:
- 	$(call download,$(GSM_URL))
- 
diff --git a/packaging/rules/debian/patches/series b/packaging/rules/debian/patches/series
deleted file mode 100644
index 2251a5fa1da33612319314e87ee614965e151e93..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packaging/rules/debian/patches/series
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-check-for-gsm.patch