diff --git a/package/madwifi/patches/301-tx_locking.patch b/package/madwifi/patches/301-tx_locking.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 99008ee923d5a68b3532375763700b748bb58bc2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/package/madwifi/patches/301-tx_locking.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-Index: madwifi-ng-r2834-20071106/ath/if_ath.c
-===================================================================
---- madwifi-ng-r2834-20071106.orig/ath/if_ath.c 2007-11-07 14:02:04.865648150 +0100
-+++ madwifi-ng-r2834-20071106/ath/if_ath.c 2007-11-07 14:02:05.117662515 +0100
-@@ -2693,7 +2693,7 @@
- /* NB: use this lock to protect an->an_tx_ffbuf (and txq->axq_stageq)
- * in athff_can_aggregate() call too.
- */
-- ATH_TXQ_LOCK_IRQ(txq);
-+ ATH_TXQ_LOCK_BH(txq);
- if (athff_can_aggregate(sc, eh, an, skb, vap->iv_fragthreshold, &ff_flush)) {
- if (an->an_tx_ffbuf[skb->priority]) { /* i.e., frame on the staging queue */
- bf = an->an_tx_ffbuf[skb->priority];
-@@ -2701,6 +2701,7 @@
- /* get (and remove) the frame from staging queue */
- TAILQ_REMOVE(&txq->axq_stageq, bf, bf_stagelist);
- an->an_tx_ffbuf[skb->priority] = NULL;
-+ ATH_TXQ_UNLOCK_BH(txq);
-
- /*
- * chain skbs and add FF magic
-@@ -2723,7 +2724,7 @@
- */
- ATH_HARDSTART_GET_TX_BUF_WITH_LOCK;
- if (bf == NULL) {
-- ATH_TXQ_UNLOCK_IRQ_EARLY(txq);
-+ ATH_TXQ_UNLOCK_BH(txq);
- goto hardstart_fail;
- }
- DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_XMIT | ATH_DEBUG_FF,
-@@ -2735,8 +2736,7 @@
- an->an_tx_ffbuf[skb->priority] = bf;
-
- TAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&txq->axq_stageq, bf, bf_stagelist);
--
-- ATH_TXQ_UNLOCK_IRQ_EARLY(txq);
-+ ATH_TXQ_UNLOCK_BH(txq);
-
- return NETDEV_TX_OK;
- }
-@@ -2749,7 +2749,7 @@
- an->an_tx_ffbuf[skb->priority] = NULL;
-
- /* NB: ath_tx_start -> ath_tx_txqaddbuf uses ATH_TXQ_LOCK too */
-- ATH_TXQ_UNLOCK_IRQ_EARLY(txq);
-+ ATH_TXQ_UNLOCK_BH(txq);
-
- /* encap and xmit */
- bf_ff->bf_skb = ieee80211_encap(ni, bf_ff->bf_skb, &framecnt);
-@@ -2798,12 +2798,12 @@
-
- ATH_HARDSTART_GET_TX_BUF_WITH_LOCK;
- if (bf == NULL) {
-- ATH_TXQ_UNLOCK_IRQ_EARLY(txq);
-+ ATH_TXQ_UNLOCK_BH(txq);
- goto hardstart_fail;
- }
-+ ATH_TXQ_UNLOCK_BH(txq);
- }
-
-- ATH_TXQ_UNLOCK_IRQ(txq);
-
- ff_flush_done:
- ff_bypass:
-Index: madwifi-ng-r2834-20071106/ath/if_athvar.h
-===================================================================
---- madwifi-ng-r2834-20071106.orig/ath/if_athvar.h 2007-11-07 14:02:04.865648150 +0100
-+++ madwifi-ng-r2834-20071106/ath/if_athvar.h 2007-11-07 14:02:05.117662515 +0100
-@@ -504,6 +504,8 @@
- #define ATH_TXQ_INTR_PERIOD 5 /* axq_intrcnt period for intr gen */
- #define ATH_TXQ_LOCK_INIT(_tq) spin_lock_init(&(_tq)->axq_lock)
- #define ATH_TXQ_LOCK_DESTROY(_tq)
-+#define ATH_TXQ_LOCK_BH(_tq) spin_lock_bh(&(_tq)->axq_lock);
-+#define ATH_TXQ_UNLOCK_BH(_tq) spin_unlock_bh(&(_tq)->axq_lock);
- #define ATH_TXQ_LOCK_IRQ(_tq) do { \
- unsigned long __axq_lockflags; \
- spin_lock_irqsave(&(_tq)->axq_lock, __axq_lockflags);