diff --git a/debian/patches/debian/0005-readlink-path.patch b/debian/patches/debian/0005-readlink-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 71ac02a..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/debian/0005-readlink-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-Author: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
-Description: readlink and basename are in /bin not /usr/bin on debian (Closes: #766416).
- This is a debian-specific change, upstream ships
- the rule to use /usr/bin/$foo while on debian
- it is /bin/$foo
-
-diff -Naurp mdadm.orig/udev-md-raid-arrays.rules mdadm/udev-md-raid-arrays.rules
---- mdadm.orig/udev-md-raid-arrays.rules
-+++ mdadm/udev-md-raid-arrays.rules
-@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ ENV{ID_FS_USAGE}=="filesystem|other", EN
- ENV{MD_LEVEL}=="raid[1-9]*", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="mdmonitor.service"
- 
- # Tell systemd to run mdmon for our container, if we need it.
--ENV{MD_LEVEL}=="raid[1-9]*", ENV{MD_CONTAINER}=="?*", PROGRAM="/usr/bin/readlink $env{MD_CONTAINER}", ENV{MD_MON_THIS}="%c"
--ENV{MD_MON_THIS}=="?*", TEST=="/etc/initrd-release", PROGRAM="/usr/bin/basename $env{MD_MON_THIS}", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="mdmon@initrd-%c.service"
--ENV{MD_MON_THIS}=="?*", TEST!="/etc/initrd-release", PROGRAM="/usr/bin/basename $env{MD_MON_THIS}", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="mdmon@%c.service"
--ENV{RESHAPE_ACTIVE}=="yes", PROGRAM="/usr/bin/basename $env{MD_MON_THIS}", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="mdadm-grow-continue@%c.service"
-+ENV{MD_LEVEL}=="raid[1-9]*", ENV{MD_CONTAINER}=="?*", PROGRAM="/bin/readlink $env{MD_CONTAINER}", ENV{MD_MON_THIS}="%c"
-+ENV{MD_MON_THIS}=="?*", TEST=="/etc/initrd-release", PROGRAM="/bin/basename $env{MD_MON_THIS}", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="mdmon@initrd-%c.service"
-+ENV{MD_MON_THIS}=="?*", TEST!="/etc/initrd-release", PROGRAM="/bin/basename $env{MD_MON_THIS}", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="mdmon@%c.service"
-+ENV{RESHAPE_ACTIVE}=="yes", PROGRAM="/bin/basename $env{MD_MON_THIS}", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="mdadm-grow-continue@%c.service"
- 
- LABEL="md_end"
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 3136e99..847d08b 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ debian/0001-fix-manpages.patch
 debian/0002-host-name-in-default-mailfrom.patch
 debian/0003-exit-gracefully-when-md-device-not-found.patch
 debian/0004-sha1-includes.patch
-debian/0005-readlink-path.patch
 debian/0006-no-Werror.patch
 debian/0007-test-installed.patch
 debian/0008-randomize-timers.patch