diff --git a/xapp/debug.patch b/xapp/debug.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 900dc8e..0000000
--- a/xapp/debug.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-From 2015b643c95127fc34b05e3252562599ce485b14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Michael Webster <miketwebster@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 09:38:22 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] xapp-debug.c: build only with ENABLE_DEBUG.
-
-xapp-debug.h gets disable, so the build would break when buildtype is
-'release'.
-
-Fixes #157.
----
- libxapp/xapp-debug.c | 3 +++
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/libxapp/xapp-debug.c b/libxapp/xapp-debug.c
-index 8bb10ea..da2b913 100644
---- a/libxapp/xapp-debug.c
-+++ b/libxapp/xapp-debug.c
-@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
- 
- #include "xapp-debug.h"
- 
-+#ifdef ENABLE_DEBUG
-+
- static DebugFlags flags = 0;
- static gboolean initialized = FALSE;
- 
-@@ -127,3 +129,4 @@ xapp_debug_valist (DebugFlags flag,
-   }
- }
- 
-+#endif /* ENABLE_DEBUG */
diff --git a/xapp/xapp.SlackBuild b/xapp/xapp.SlackBuild
index c79695b..24e9a73 100644
--- a/xapp/xapp.SlackBuild
+++ b/xapp/xapp.SlackBuild
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ 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/debug.patch
-
 mkdir -p build
 cd build
 meson setup \