diff --git a/bacula-9.0.1-mariadb-reconnect.patch b/bacula-9.0.1-mariadb-reconnect.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 192f267..0000000
--- a/bacula-9.0.1-mariadb-reconnect.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur bacula-9.0.1.old/src/cats/mysql.c bacula-9.0.1/src/cats/mysql.c
---- bacula-9.0.1.old/src/cats/mysql.c	2017-07-20 16:36:43.811177322 +0200
-+++ bacula-9.0.1/src/cats/mysql.c	2017-07-20 16:37:19.029850574 +0200
-@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@
-    BDB_MYSQL *mdb = this; 
-    bool retval = false; 
-    int errstat; 
-+   my_bool reconnect= 1;
-  
-    P(mutex); 
-    if (mdb->m_connected) { 
-@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@
-       bmicrosleep(5,0); 
-    } 
-  
--   mdb->m_instance.reconnect = 1;             /* so connection does not timeout */ 
-+   mysql_options(&mdb->m_instance, MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT, &reconnect);    /* so connection does not timeout */ 
-    Dmsg0(50, "mysql_real_connect done\n"); 
-    Dmsg3(50, "db_user=%s db_name=%s db_password=%s\n", mdb->m_db_user, mdb->m_db_name, 
-         (mdb->m_db_password == NULL) ? "(NULL)" : mdb->m_db_password);