diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2cd36cab4..877d20ce9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ linux (3.10.5-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       dev_priv->dev_priv->mm.inactive_list
 
   [ Ben Hutchings ]
-  * [sparc] cpufreq: Convince genksyms that the ABI didn't change
-    (fixes FTBFS)
   * [hppa] udeb: Add core-modules package (Closes: #718270)
   * nl80211: fix another nl80211_fam.attrbuf race
   * Bump ABI to 2
diff --git a/debian/patches/debian/sparc-cpufreq-convince-genksyms-that-the-abi-didnt-change.patch b/debian/patches/debian/sparc-cpufreq-convince-genksyms-that-the-abi-didnt-change.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ed9fd829f..000000000
--- a/debian/patches/debian/sparc-cpufreq-convince-genksyms-that-the-abi-didnt-change.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
-Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 00:05:51 +0100
-Subject: [sparc] cpufreq: Convince genksyms that the ABI didn't change
-Forwarded: not-needed
-
-genksyms is really stupid: un-including a header whose definitions
-didn't appear in the ABI stil changes symbol versions.  So restore the
-#include <linux/cpu.h> for symbol version purposes.
-
-(This only seems to affect SPARC; on other architectures
-<linux/cpu.h> may still be indirectly included.)
-
---- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
-+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
-@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
- #include <linux/tick.h>
- #include <linux/types.h>
- #include <linux/workqueue.h>
-+#ifdef __GENKSYMS__
-+#include <linux/cpu.h>
-+#endif
- 
- #include "cpufreq_governor.h"
- 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index bd3be69cb..146855d81 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ features/all/iwlwifi-bump-required-firmware-API-version-for-3160-.patch
 # m68k Kconfig bugfix
 bugfix/m68k/ethernat-kconfig.patch
 
-debian/sparc-cpufreq-convince-genksyms-that-the-abi-didnt-change.patch
 bugfix/all/nl80211-fix-another-nl80211_fam-attrbuf-race.patch
 bugfix/all/ext4-fix-retry-handling-in-ext4_ext_truncate.patch
 bugfix/all/atl1c-Fix-misuse-of-netdev_alloc_skb-in-refilling-rx.patch