diff --git a/0008-smartd.cpp-Always-ignore-failure-of-ATA-SMART-ENABLE.patch b/0008-smartd.cpp-Always-ignore-failure-of-ATA-SMART-ENABLE.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 56fe691..0000000
--- a/0008-smartd.cpp-Always-ignore-failure-of-ATA-SMART-ENABLE.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-From 3e342f88588499b26dbef61a2fe78e9a4838567a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: chrfranke <authors@smartmontools.org>
-Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:44:15 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH 186/291] smartd.cpp: Always ignore failure of ATA SMART ENABLE
- command if '-T permissive' is specified.  Useful for testing on virtual
- machines.
-
-git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/smartmontools/code/trunk@4790 4ea69e1a-61f1-4043-bf83-b5c94c648137
----
- smartmontools/ChangeLog  |  6 ++++++
- smartmontools/smartd.cpp | 12 +++++++++---
- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/smartmontools/smartd.cpp b/smartmontools/smartd.cpp
-index 0692ca4d..fc54b233 100644
---- a/smartmontools/smartd.cpp
-+++ b/smartmontools/smartd.cpp
-@@ -2037,10 +2037,16 @@ static int ATADeviceScan(dev_config & cfg, dev_state & state, ata_device * atade
-     PrintOut(LOG_INFO,"Device: %s, could not enable SMART capability\n",name);
- 
-     if (ataIsSmartEnabled(&drive) <= 0) {
--      CloseDevice(atadev, name);
--      return 2;
-+      if (!cfg.permissive) {
-+        PrintOut(LOG_INFO, "Device: %s, to proceed anyway, use '-T permissive' Directive.\n", name);
-+        CloseDevice(atadev, name);
-+        return 2;
-+      }
-+      PrintOut(LOG_INFO, "Device: %s, proceeding since '-T permissive' Directive given.\n", name);
-+    }
-+    else {
-+      PrintOut(LOG_INFO, "Device: %s, proceeding since SMART is already enabled\n", name);
-     }
--    PrintOut(LOG_INFO, "Device: %s, proceeding since SMART is already enabled\n", name);
-   }
-   
-   // disable device attribute autosave...
--- 
-2.19.1
-