diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-source.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-source.inc
index 03837f4381..bf33a4b31f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-source.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-source.inc
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ python do_preconfigure () {
     import subprocess
     cmd = d.expand('cd ${S} && PATH=${PATH} gnu-configize')
     subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
-    # See 0044-gengtypes.patch, we need to regenerate this file
-    bb.utils.remove(d.expand("${S}/gcc/gengtype-lex.cc"))
     cmd = d.expand("sed -i 's/BUILD_INFO=info/BUILD_INFO=/' ${S}/gcc/configure")
     subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)