diff --git a/net-im/spectrum2/files/spectrum2-cxx14.patch b/net-im/spectrum2/files/spectrum2-cxx14.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ef82ee7..0000000
--- a/net-im/spectrum2/files/spectrum2-cxx14.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
- CMakeLists.txt | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 0c2ab857..1195c8b9 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cmake_policy(SET CMP0037 OLD)
- 
- project(libtransport)
- 
--set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
-+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
- if(WIN32)
- 	set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
- endif(WIN32)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/net-im/spectrum2/spectrum2-9999.ebuild b/net-im/spectrum2/spectrum2-9999.ebuild
index 8fa84fc..6873117 100644
--- a/net-im/spectrum2/spectrum2-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/spectrum2/spectrum2-9999.ebuild
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ DEPEND="
 	doc? ( app-text/doxygen )
 	test? ( dev-util/cppunit )
 "
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-cxx14.patch"
-)
 
 src_prepare() {
 	# Respect users LDFLAGS