diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-4.4/870-hifn795x_byteswap.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-4.4/870-hifn795x_byteswap.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 956b78902e61d170b0a5f731208fcde9f1e3139c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-4.4/870-hifn795x_byteswap.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
---- a/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c
-+++ b/drivers/crypto/hifn_795x.c
-@@ -680,12 +680,12 @@ static inline u32 hifn_read_1(struct hif
- 
- static inline void hifn_write_0(struct hifn_device *dev, u32 reg, u32 val)
- {
--	writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(val), dev->bar[0] + reg);
-+	writel(val, dev->bar[0] + reg);
- }
- 
- static inline void hifn_write_1(struct hifn_device *dev, u32 reg, u32 val)
- {
--	writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(val), dev->bar[1] + reg);
-+	writel(val, dev->bar[1] + reg);
- }
- 
- static void hifn_wait_puc(struct hifn_device *dev)