diff --git a/packages/make/default.c.patch.disabled b/packages/make/default.c.patch.disabled
deleted file mode 100644
index eb9f77f8e..000000000
--- a/packages/make/default.c.patch.disabled
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Disabled for now - enable if we want c++ as the default C++ compiler.
-diff -u -r ../make-4.1/default.c ./default.c
---- ../make-4.1/default.c	2014-10-05 12:24:51.000000000 -0400
-+++ ./default.c	2016-05-02 17:35:39.128123074 -0400
-@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
-     "OBJC", "gcc",
- #else
-     "CC", "cc",
--    "CXX", "g++",
-+    "CXX", "c++",
-     "OBJC", "cc",
- #endif
-