diff --git a/Macaulay2-1.1-prefix.patch b/Macaulay2-1.1-prefix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 80d621c..0000000
--- a/Macaulay2-1.1-prefix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -up Macaulay2-1.1/configure.ac.prefix Macaulay2-1.1/configure.ac
---- Macaulay2-1.1/configure.ac.prefix	2008-02-15 09:18:15.000000000 -0600
-+++ Macaulay2-1.1/configure.ac	2008-03-11 14:51:08.000000000 -0500
-@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ do eval w=\$$i ; eval v="$w" ; eval v="$
-    case $v in
-      "$prefix" | "$prefix"/) eval ${i}tail="$prefix" ;;
-      "$prefix"/*) eval ${i}tail=`echo $v | sed "s,^$prefix/,,"` ;; # let's just hope $prefix contains no comma
--     *) AC_MSG_ERROR(expected "$i" value "$w" to start with "prefix" value "$prefix") ;;
-+     *) AC_MSG_NOTICE(expected "$i" value "$w" to start with "prefix" value "$prefix") ;;
-    esac
- done
-