diff --git a/diffstat-compress.patch b/diffstat-compress.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 49b6003..0000000
--- a/diffstat-compress.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- diffstat-1.38/diffstat.c.compress	2005-08-10 09:54:46.000000000 +0100
-+++ diffstat-1.38/diffstat.c	2005-08-10 09:55:11.000000000 +0100
-@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@
-     size_t len = strlen(name);
- 
-     if (len > 2 && !strcmp(name + len - 2, ".Z")) {
--	verb = "compress -dc %s";
-+	verb = "gzip -dc %s";
-     } else if (len > 3 && !strcmp(name + len - 3, ".gz")) {
- 	verb = "gzip -dc %s";
-     } else if (len > 4 && !strcmp(name + len - 4, ".bz2")) {