diff --git a/audio/essentia/files/patch-wscript b/audio/essentia/files/patch-wscript
deleted file mode 100644
index be5d4746c647..000000000000
--- a/audio/essentia/files/patch-wscript
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- wscript.orig	2022-11-03 19:50:02 UTC
-+++ wscript
-@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ def configure(ctx):
-     elif ctx.options.MODE == 'release':
-         print ('→ Building in release mode')
-         ctx.env.CXXFLAGS += ['-O2']  # '-march=native' ] # '-msse3', '-mfpmath=sse' ]
-+        ctx.env.LINKFLAGS += ['-L/usr/local/ffmpeg4/lib']
-+        ctx.env.LDFLAGS += ['-L/usr/local/ffmpeg4/lib']
- 
-     elif ctx.options.MODE == 'default':
-         pass