diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.21.1/su-usr-bin.patch b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.21.1/su-usr-bin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d5b55842a..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.21.1/su-usr-bin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-busybox: move /bin/su to /usr/bin/su to match util-linux and shadow
-
-Both of util-linux and shadow have su binary in /usr/bin, fix busybox
-to use the same path so they can be properly tracked by alternatives.
-
-Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded]
-Signed-off-by: Hongxu Jia <hongxu.jia@windriver.com>
----
- include/applets.src.h | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/include/applets.src.h b/include/applets.src.h
---- a/include/applets.src.h
-+++ b/include/applets.src.h
-@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ IF_STAT(APPLET(stat, BB_DIR_USR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
- IF_STRINGS(APPLET(strings, BB_DIR_USR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
- IF_STTY(APPLET(stty, BB_DIR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
- /* Needs to be run by root or be suid root - needs to change uid and gid: */
--IF_SU(APPLET(su, BB_DIR_BIN, BB_SUID_REQUIRE))
-+IF_SU(APPLET(su, BB_DIR_USR_BIN, BB_SUID_REQUIRE))
- IF_SULOGIN(APPLET(sulogin, BB_DIR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
- IF_SUM(APPLET(sum, BB_DIR_USR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
- IF_SV(APPLET(sv, BB_DIR_USR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP))
--- 
-1.8.1.2
-
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_1.21.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_1.21.1.bb
index f766beec03..5c0527397e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_1.21.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_1.21.1.bb
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ SRC_URI = "http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-${PV}.tar.bz2;name=tarball \
            file://umount.busybox \
            file://defconfig \
            file://stat-usr-bin.patch \
-           file://su-usr-bin.patch \
            file://busybox-syslog.service.in \
            file://busybox-klogd.service.in \
            file://testsuite-du-du-k-works-fix-false-positive.patch \