diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/chassis/files/skeleton-0001-Temporarily-disable-watchdog-support.patch b/common/recipes-phosphor/chassis/files/skeleton-0001-Temporarily-disable-watchdog-support.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d13348e..0000000
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/chassis/files/skeleton-0001-Temporarily-disable-watchdog-support.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-From a850cab934be49a08d467403a03ed1d6d76794f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Michael Tritz <mtritz@us.ibm.com>
-Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:22:59 -0600
-Subject: [PATCH] Disable watchdog - communication issues with host
-
-This patch will temporarily disable watchdog
-errors from doing anything meaningful until
-Hostboot supports IPMI.
-
-Change-Id: I6afdc3b4c7bb2733f1e4469f5e45b2ea956d42c6
-Signed-off-by: Michael Tritz <mtritz@us.ibm.com>
----
- chassis_control.py | 3 +--
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/chassis_control.py b/chassis_control.py
-index faf7d1d..2ec9bd2 100644
---- a/chassis_control.py
-+++ b/chassis_control.py
-@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@ class ChassisControlObject(DbusProperties, DbusObjectManager):
-         self.softReboot()
-
-     def host_watchdog_signal_handler(self):
--        print "Watchdog Error, Going to quiesce"
--        self.quiesce()
-+        print "Watchdog Error, ignoring due to Hostboot not supporting IPMI"
-
-     def emergency_shutdown_signal_handler(self, message):
-         print "Emergency Shutdown!"
---
-2.10.1 (Apple Git-78)