diff --git a/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0005-add-nimbus-simics-xml.patch b/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0005-add-nimbus-simics-xml.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f2f7d0b..0000000
--- a/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0005-add-nimbus-simics-xml.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-From 56e613d9e7cb2ef6cc1ab0adfae691cfcbdcf9e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Matt Ploetz <maploetz@us.ibm.com>
-Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:06:31 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Add nimbus simics xml to openPower until processMrw changes
- are in
-
-Change-Id: Iac895ed08b7e182301e223d45ce064715e459723
-RTC:143114
----
- src/build/mkrules/dist.targets.mk | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/build/mkrules/dist.targets.mk b/src/build/mkrules/dist.targets.mk
-index ecd4b58..0e2434c 100644
---- a/src/build/mkrules/dist.targets.mk
-+++ b/src/build/mkrules/dist.targets.mk
-@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ COPY_FILES = \
-     src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/attribute_types.xml:openpower \
-     src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/attribute_types_hb.xml:openpower \
-     src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/target_types_hb.xml:openpower \
-+    src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/simics_NIMBUS.system.xml:openpower \
-     src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/xmltohb.pl:openpower \
-     src/usr/targeting/xmltohb/updatetempsxml.pl:openpower \
-     src/include/usr/vmmconst.h:openpower \
--- 
-1.8.2.2
-