diff --git a/dev-java/netbeans-platform/netbeans-platform-8.2.ebuild b/dev-java/netbeans-platform/netbeans-platform-8.2.ebuild
index 7fe470d82588b..ead1a7aaa2ed7 100644
--- a/dev-java/netbeans-platform/netbeans-platform-8.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/netbeans-platform/netbeans-platform-8.2.ebuild
@@ -95,19 +95,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 	# upstream jna jar contains bundled binary libraries so we disable that feature
 	epatch netbeans-8.2-build.xml.patch
 
-	# Support for custom patches
-	if [ -n "${NETBEANS9999_PATCHES_DIR}" -a -d "${NETBEANS9999_PATCHES_DIR}" ] ; then
-		local files=`find "${NETBEANS9999_PATCHES_DIR}" -type f`
-
-		if [ -n "${files}" ] ; then
-			einfo "Applying custom patches:"
-
-			for file in ${files} ; do
-				epatch "${file}"
-			done
-		fi
-	fi
-
 	einfo "Symlinking external libraries..."
 	java-pkg_jar-from --into libs.junit4/external hamcrest-core-1.3 hamcrest-core.jar hamcrest-core-1.3.jar
 	java-pkg_jar-from --into javahelp/external javahelp jhall.jar jhall-2.0_05.jar
@@ -122,6 +109,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	java-pkg_jar-from --into libs.testng/external testng testng.jar testng-6.8.1-dist.jar
 
 	java-pkg-2_src_prepare
+	default
 }
 
 src_compile() {