diff --git a/0004-add-AArch64-support.patch b/0004-add-AArch64-support.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6578180..0000000
--- a/0004-add-AArch64-support.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-From b44c4130b30f451555509bae18293fb61b15a9cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Marcin Juszkiewicz <mjuszkiewicz@redhat.com>
-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 12:25:49 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] add AArch64 support
-
----
- configure.ac   | 4 +++-
- src/ticks_os.h | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 6584172..5a15361 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ case "$host" in
-   powerpc-*-freebsd*) TARGET=POWERPC_FREEBSD; TARGETDIR=powerpc;;
-   powerpc*-*-rtems*) TARGET=POWERPC; TARGETDIR=powerpc;;
-   x86_64-*-*) TARGET=X86_64; TARGETDIR=x86;;
-+  aarch64-*-*) TARGET=AARCH64; TARGETDIR=aarch64;;
- esac
-  
- AC_SUBST(AM_RUNTESTFLAGS)
-@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(ARM, test x$TARGET = xARM)
- AM_CONDITIONAL(POWERPC_AIX, test x$TARGET = xPOWERPC_AIX)
- AM_CONDITIONAL(POWERPC_DARWIN, test x$TARGET = xPOWERPC_DARWIN)
- AM_CONDITIONAL(POWERPC_FREEBSD, test x$TARGET = xPOWERPC_FREEBSD)
-+AM_CONDITIONAL(AARCH64, test x$TARGET = xAARCH64)
- 
- AC_SUBST(TARGET)
- AC_SUBST(TARGETDIR)
-diff --git a/src/ticks_os.h b/src/ticks_os.h
-index 493a6d4..085e52e 100644
---- a/src/ticks_os.h
-+++ b/src/ticks_os.h
-@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ inline ticks_t os_gettimeoftsc()
- #else
- 	register uint32_t upper_32, lower_32;
- 
--#if defined(__arm__)
-+#if defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
- 	// so the compiler will not complain. for
- 	// arm compile, this inline is not used 
- 	// since no rdtsc supported on most arm processors
--- 
-2.0.0
-