diff --git a/scripts/common_functions.sh b/scripts/common_functions.sh
index 0e6065889563d4e33eafb0aa7e72347b3896af66..615a5aabfb142a3c85e2870dd0d1e0bc0d53e4ef 100644
--- a/scripts/common_functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/common_functions.sh
@@ -17,29 +17,6 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with lipck.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-function patch_all()
-{
-	PATCH_DIR="$1"
-	TARGET_DIR="$2"
-
-	if [ ! -d "$PATCH_DIR" ]; then
-		echo "Nothing to patch here!"
-		return 0
-	fi
-	
-	if [ -z "$TARGET_DIR" ]; then
-		echo "No target directory given, assuming /"
-		TARGET_DIR="/"
-	fi
-
-        echo "Patching $TARGET_DIR ..."
-        for p in "$PATCH_DIR/"*
-        do
-                cat "$p" | patch -d "$TARGET_DIR" -p1
-        done
-        echo "done."
-}
-
 function install_debs()
 {
         DEB_DIR="$1"
diff --git a/scripts/fill_offline_repo.sh b/scripts/fill_offline_repo.sh
index 408ac6d2be071ef8fcb7fc92c4207fa7506deebc..fc99461413a0d50035985dad4f979ce8365e5b3a 100755
--- a/scripts/fill_offline_repo.sh
+++ b/scripts/fill_offline_repo.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ test -n "$ARCH"  || { echo "$(basename $0): fatal error: no architecture specifi
 echo
 echo "==> Fetching packages for offline repository for $ARCH"
 
-#source common functions (e.g. patch_all)
+#source common functions
 if [ -e "$SCRIPT_DIR/scripts/common_functions.sh" ]; then
         source "$SCRIPT_DIR/scripts/common_functions.sh"
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/remaster_rootfs.sh b/scripts/remaster_rootfs.sh
index 0db90638ec78c9e5334212d09e9d0246d4c8c7bb..f5c1bb4ebc5736ec2bb212397985181adb370642 100755
--- a/scripts/remaster_rootfs.sh
+++ b/scripts/remaster_rootfs.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ set -e
 SCRIPT_DIR="/remaster"
 CONTRIB_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/contrib/"
 
-#source common functions (e.g. patch_all)
+#source common functions
 if [ -e "$SCRIPT_DIR/scripts/common_functions.sh" ]; then
 	source "$SCRIPT_DIR/scripts/common_functions.sh"
 fi