diff --git a/dev-libs/icu/files/icu-flagparser.patch b/dev-libs/icu/files/icu-flagparser.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bd642762a0f31..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/icu/files/icu-flagparser.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: source/tools/toolutil/flagparser.c
-===================================================================
---- a/source/tools/toolutil/flagparser.c	(revision 38080)
-+++ b/source/tools/toolutil/flagparser.c	(revision 38081)
-@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
- 
-     T_FileStream_close(f);
-     
--    if (U_FAILURE(*status)) {
-+    if (U_FAILURE(*status) && *status != U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR) {
-         return -1;
-     }
-