diff --git a/debian/patches/005-add-fortify-build-flags.patch b/debian/patches/005-add-fortify-build-flags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a98712d..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/005-add-fortify-build-flags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Description: Add FORTIFY_SOURCE flag directly in Makefile
- The flag, otherwise, doesn't seem to propogate correctly to all
- modules built by the project.
-Author: Alan M Varghese
-Last-Update: 2024-03-01
-Forwarded: not-needed
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
-   "protocols/")
- set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23)
- add_compile_definitions(WLR_USE_UNSTABLE)
--add_compile_options(-Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-value -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-narrowing -Wno-pointer-arith)
-+add_compile_options(-Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-value -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-narrowing -Wno-pointer-arith -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2)
- add_link_options(-rdynamic)
- set(CMAKE_ENABLE_EXPORTS TRUE)
-