diff --git a/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/0001-Stop-watchdog-first-on-startup.patch b/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/0001-Stop-watchdog-first-on-startup.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7128b81..0000000
--- a/recipes-core/busybox/busybox/0001-Stop-watchdog-first-on-startup.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-From a4c493ae42926ab36fdc805a5da9f0682bb98b45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Matt Spinler <spinler@us.ibm.com>
-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:26:49 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Stop watchdog first on startup
-
-Some watchdog implementations may do things other than issue
-a reboot on a watchdog timeout.  In this case, there's the
-possibility of restarting this program from the state of
-the watchdog device not being properly stopped (done by writing
-a 'V' and closing the device).  Since it wasn't stopped, the
-driver may not be able to restart the watchdog when this program
-reopens it and starts pinging it.
-
-To fix this, the code will always first issue the stop when it
-starts up.
-
-Signed-off-by: Matt Spinler <spinler@us.ibm.com>
----
- miscutils/watchdog.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/miscutils/watchdog.c b/miscutils/watchdog.c
-index 07ae64e52..223e3c32d 100644
---- a/miscutils/watchdog.c
-+++ b/miscutils/watchdog.c
-@@ -53,6 +53,24 @@ static void watchdog_shutdown(int sig UNUSED_PARAM)
- 	_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
- }
- 
-+static void watchdog_open(const char* device)
-+{
-+	static const char magic_value = 'V';
-+
-+	/* If the watchdog driver can do something other than cause a reboot
-+	 * on a timeout, then it's possible this program may be starting from
-+	 * a state when the watchdog hadn't been previously stopped with
-+	 * the magic write followed by a close.  In this case the driver may
-+	 * not start properly, so always do the proper stop first just in case.
-+	 */
-+
-+	/* Use known fd # - avoid needing global 'int fd' */
-+	xmove_fd(xopen(device, O_WRONLY), 3);
-+	write(3, &magic_value, 1);
-+	close(3);
-+	xmove_fd(xopen(device, O_WRONLY), 3);
-+}
-+
- int watchdog_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
- int watchdog_main(int argc, char **argv)
- {
-@@ -88,8 +106,7 @@ int watchdog_main(int argc, char **argv)
- 
- 	bb_signals(BB_FATAL_SIGS, watchdog_shutdown);
- 
--	/* Use known fd # - avoid needing global 'int fd' */
--	xmove_fd(xopen(argv[argc - 1], O_WRONLY), 3);
-+	watchdog_open(argv[argc - 1]);
- 
- 	/* WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT takes seconds, not milliseconds */
- 	htimer_duration = htimer_duration / 1000;
--- 
-2.11.0
-
diff --git a/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_%.bbappend b/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_%.bbappend
index cc88bcc..8907b08 100644
--- a/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_%.bbappend
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 SRC_URI += "file://busybox.cfg"
 SRC_URI += "file://flash.cfg"
 SRC_URI += "file://mountpoint.cfg"
-SRC_URI += "file://0001-Stop-watchdog-first-on-startup.patch"
 SRC_URI += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'obmc-ubi-fs', '', 'file://reboot.cfg', d)}"