diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/patches-6.6/340-register_gpio_driver_earlier.patch b/target/linux/ath79/patches-6.6/340-register_gpio_driver_earlier.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 32c90ef2fc3..00000000000
--- a/target/linux/ath79/patches-6.6/340-register_gpio_driver_earlier.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
-Subject: ath79: Register GPIO driver earlier
-
-HACK: register the GPIO driver earlier to ensure that gpio_request calls
-from mach files succeed.
-
-Submitted-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
----
- drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.c                     | 6 +++++-
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.c
-+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-ath79.c
-@@ -302,7 +302,11 @@ static struct platform_driver ath79_gpio
- 	.probe = ath79_gpio_probe,
- };
- 
--module_platform_driver(ath79_gpio_driver);
-+static int __init ath79_gpio_init(void)
-+{
-+	return platform_driver_register(&ath79_gpio_driver);
-+}
-+postcore_initcall(ath79_gpio_init);
- 
- MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Atheros AR71XX/AR724X/AR913X GPIO API support");
- MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");