diff --git a/8139cp-re-enable-interrupts-after-tx-timeout.patch b/8139cp-re-enable-interrupts-after-tx-timeout.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c0196188e..000000000
--- a/8139cp-re-enable-interrupts-after-tx-timeout.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From 01ffc0a7f1c1801a2354719dedbc32aff45b987d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:11:21 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] 8139cp: re-enable interrupts after tx timeout
-
-Recovery doesn't work too well if we leave interrupts disabled...
-
-Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
-Acked-by: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
-Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
----
- drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c |    1 +
- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
-index 3de318d..6cb96b4 100644
---- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
-+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139cp.c
-@@ -1219,6 +1219,7 @@ static void cp_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
- 	cp_clean_rings(cp);
- 	rc = cp_init_rings(cp);
- 	cp_start_hw(cp);
-+	cp_enable_irq(cp);
- 
- 	netif_wake_queue(dev);
- 
--- 
-1.7.6.5
-