diff --git a/libraries/libzim/icu76.patch b/libraries/libzim/icu76.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9be3708222e..00000000000
--- a/libraries/libzim/icu76.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur libzim-9.2.3.orig/meson.build libzim-9.2.3/meson.build
---- libzim-9.2.3.orig/meson.build	2024-08-28 20:56:57.000000000 +0200
-+++ libzim-9.2.3/meson.build	2025-03-04 11:30:32.120706000 +0100
-@@ -77,9 +77,15 @@
- endif
- 
- if xapian_dep.found()
--    icu_dep = dependency('icu-i18n', static:static_linkage)
-+    icu_dep = [
-+        dependency('icu-i18n', static:static_linkage),
-+        dependency('icu-uc', static:static_linkage)
-+    ]
- else
--    icu_dep = dependency('icu-i18n', required:false, static:static_linkage)
-+    icu_dep = [
-+        dependency('icu-i18n', required:false, static:static_linkage),
-+        dependency('icu-uc', required:false, static:static_linkage)
-+    ]
- endif
- 
- gtest_dep = dependency('gtest', version: '>=1.10.0', main:true, fallback:['gtest', 'gtest_main_dep'], required:false)
diff --git a/libraries/libzim/libzim.SlackBuild b/libraries/libzim/libzim.SlackBuild
index 56a5abf73e2..3b85144767a 100644
--- a/libraries/libzim/libzim.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libzim/libzim.SlackBuild
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-patch -p1 < $CWD/icu76.patch
-
 mkdir build
 cd build
   CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \