diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 29bdbb6..a3ab4fb 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 fix-systemd-service-depends.patch
 remove-systemd-delegate-flag.patch
-use-var-lib-vz-as-default-dir.patch
 run-lxcnetaddbr.patch
 deny-rw-mounting-of-sys-and-proc.patch
 phynet-rename.patch
diff --git a/debian/patches/use-var-lib-vz-as-default-dir.patch b/debian/patches/use-var-lib-vz-as-default-dir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dce6505..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/use-var-lib-vz-as-default-dir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/lxc/bdev/bdev.c
-+++ b/src/lxc/bdev/bdev.c
-@@ -449,6 +449,8 @@
- 	return NULL;
- }
- 
-+#define PVE_DEFAULT_DIR "/var/lib/vz"
-+
- /*
-  * bdev_create:
-  * Create a backing store for a container.
-@@ -466,6 +468,20 @@
- 	struct bdev *bdev;
- 	char *best_options[] = {"btrfs", "zfs", "lvm", "dir", "rbd", NULL};
- 
-+	if ((!type || (strcmp(type, "dir") == 0)) && !specs->dir) {
-+		int len = strlen(PVE_DEFAULT_DIR) + strlen(cname) + strlen("private") + 3;
-+		specs->dir = malloc(len);
-+		if (!specs->dir) {
-+			return NULL;
-+		}
-+		int ret = snprintf(specs->dir, len, "%s/private/%s", PVE_DEFAULT_DIR, cname);
-+		if (ret < 0 || ret >= len) {
-+			free(specs->dir);
-+			specs->dir = NULL;
-+			return NULL;
-+		}
-+	}
-+
- 	if (!type)
- 		return do_bdev_create(dest, "dir", cname, specs);
-