diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar-1.26/tar-1.26-fortifysourcessigabrt.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar-1.26/tar-1.26-fortifysourcessigabrt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6aef096896..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar-1.26/tar-1.26-fortifysourcessigabrt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-port fedora patch for fortify sources sigabort. See 
-https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=61419 for details.
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
-Signed-off-by: Christopher Larson <chris_larson@mentor.com>
-Signed-off-by: Fahad Usman <fahad_usman@mentor.com>
-
----
- src/create.c |    8 ++++----
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
---- tar-1.26.orig/src/create.c
-+++ tar-1.26/src/create.c
-@@ -562,8 +562,8 @@ write_gnu_long_link (struct tar_stat_inf
-   GNAME_TO_CHARS (tmpname, header->header.gname);
-   free (tmpname);
-
--  strcpy (header->buffer + offsetof (struct posix_header, magic),
--	  OLDGNU_MAGIC);
-+  strncpy (header->buffer + offsetof (struct posix_header, magic),
-+	  OLDGNU_MAGIC, sizeof(header->header.magic));
-   header->header.typeflag = type;
-   finish_header (st, header, -1);
-
-@@ -900,8 +900,8 @@ start_header (struct tar_stat_info *st)
-     case OLDGNU_FORMAT:
-     case GNU_FORMAT:   /*FIXME?*/
-       /* Overwrite header->header.magic and header.version in one blow.  */
--      strcpy (header->buffer + offsetof (struct posix_header, magic),
--	      OLDGNU_MAGIC);
-+      strncpy (header->buffer + offsetof (struct posix_header, magic),
-+	      OLDGNU_MAGIC, sizeof(header->header.magic));
-       break;
-
-     case POSIX_FORMAT:
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.26.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.26.bb
index d45c2b14ed..8b774e6821 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.26.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar_1.26.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 PR = "r5"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://remove-gets.patch \
-           file://tar-1.26-fortifysourcessigabrt.patch\
            "
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "2cee42a2ff4f1cd4f9298eeeb2264519"