diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake/0005-Set-relative-to-top_builddir-path-in-Makefile-to-acc.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake/0005-Set-relative-to-top_builddir-path-in-Makefile-to-acc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a5bad068a4..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake/0005-Set-relative-to-top_builddir-path-in-Makefile-to-acc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-From 4f576c10613b43cbbfcdf5a451d893faecd6fea9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Adrian Calianu <adrian.calianu@enea.com>
-Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 16:08:04 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Set relative to top_builddir path in Makefile to access
- test-driver
-
-Signed-off-by: Adrian Calianu <adrian.calianu@enea.com>
-Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [specific to oe-core target ptest installation]
-Bug-Report: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19042
----
- bin/automake.in | 9 ++++++++-
- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/bin/automake.in b/bin/automake.in
-index 18626de..3aa8706 100644
---- a/bin/automake.in
-+++ b/bin/automake.in
-@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ my $config_aux_dir_set_in_configure_ac = 0;
- # $AM_CONFIG_AUX_DIR is prefixed with $(top_srcdir), so it can be used
- # in Makefiles.
- my $am_config_aux_dir = '';
-+# Directory used at runtime like running test-driver that should not
-+# depend on $(top_srcdir)
-+my $am_config_rt_aux_dir = '';
- 
- # Directory to search for AC_LIBSOURCE files, as set by AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR
- # in configure.ac.
-@@ -4917,7 +4920,7 @@ sub handle_per_suffix_test
-     {
-       require_conf_file ("parallel-tests", FOREIGN, 'test-driver');
-       define_variable ("${pfx}LOG_DRIVER",
--                       "\$(SHELL) $am_config_aux_dir/test-driver",
-+                       "\$(SHELL) $am_config_rt_aux_dir/test-driver",
-                        INTERNAL);
-     }
-   my $driver = '$(' . $pfx . 'LOG_DRIVER)';
-@@ -7554,6 +7557,10 @@ sub locate_aux_dir ()
-   $am_config_aux_dir =
-     '$(top_srcdir)' . ($config_aux_dir eq '.' ? "" : "/$config_aux_dir");
-   $am_config_aux_dir =~ s,/*$,,;
-+
-+  $am_config_rt_aux_dir =
-+    '$(top_builddir)' . ($config_aux_dir eq '.' ? "" : "/$config_aux_dir");
-+  $am_config_rt_aux_dir =~ s,/*$,,;
- }
- 
- 
--- 
-2.39.2
-
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake_1.17.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake_1.17.bb
index 27d8dfe182..e22e51498b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake_1.17.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/automake/automake_1.17.bb
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ SRC_URI += "\
            file://0002-automake-Update-for-python.m4-to-respect-libdir.patch \
            file://0003-build-fix-race-in-parallel-builds.patch \
            file://0004-Add-a-new-distro-feature-ptest.patch \
-           file://0005-Set-relative-to-top_builddir-path-in-Makefile-to-acc.patch \
            file://0006-automake-Remove-delays-in-configure-scripts-using-au.patch \
            "