diff --git a/ap/ledger/ledger.SlackBuild b/ap/ledger/ledger.SlackBuild
index 38980ba7..9a621b56 100755
--- a/ap/ledger/ledger.SlackBuild
+++ b/ap/ledger/ledger.SlackBuild
@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@ case $BRANCH in
 esac
 [ $BRANCH != "RELEASE" ] && VERSION=${BRANCH}_$(date +%Y.%m.%d_%H.%M)
 
-# we might be held behind a firewall
-#sed -i 's|git:|http:|g' $(grep -l "git:" .* -r)
-
-patch -p1 -i $CWD/boost-1.58.diff
-
 ./acprep pull
 
 ./acprep --prefix=/usr --python opt config -- -DUSE_PYTHON=ON -DUSE_DOXYGEN=ON -DBUILD_EMACSLISP=ON