diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson.inc
index f383ad9f74..757295a50a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson.inc
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ SRC_URI = "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/${PV}/meson-${P
            file://disable-rpath-handling.patch \
            file://0001-Make-CPU-family-warnings-fatal.patch \
            file://0002-Support-building-allarch-recipes-again.patch \
-           file://0001-is_debianlike-always-return-False.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5add789c953d984b500858b2851ee3d7add0460cf1a6f852f0a721af17384e13"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/0001-is_debianlike-always-return-False.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/0001-is_debianlike-always-return-False.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 83c4782a61..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson/0001-is_debianlike-always-return-False.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From 667b9ede638677fb37911306937ea62f05897581 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Alexander Kanavin <alex@linutronix.de>
-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:55:59 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] is_debianlike(): always return False
-
-Otherwise, host contamination happens.
-
-Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [oe-core specific]
-Signed-off-by: Alexander Kanavin <alex@linutronix.de>
----
- mesonbuild/mesonlib/universal.py | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/mesonbuild/mesonlib/universal.py b/mesonbuild/mesonlib/universal.py
-index d670d04..47d1b52 100644
---- a/mesonbuild/mesonlib/universal.py
-+++ b/mesonbuild/mesonlib/universal.py
-@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ def is_cygwin() -> bool:
- 
- 
- def is_debianlike() -> bool:
--    return os.path.isfile('/etc/debian_version')
-+    return False
- 
- 
- def is_dragonflybsd() -> bool: