diff --git a/debian/patches/desmume-0.9.13-formatstring.patch b/debian/patches/desmume-0.9.13-formatstring.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dfd49d121..000000000
--- a/debian/patches/desmume-0.9.13-formatstring.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff -durN desmume-release_0_9_13.orig/desmume/src/commandline.cpp desmume-release_0_9_13/desmume/src/commandline.cpp
---- desmume-release_0_9_13.orig/desmume/src/commandline.cpp	2022-05-23 06:37:41.000000000 +0200
-+++ desmume-release_0_9_13/desmume/src/commandline.cpp	2022-06-18 18:40:49.218922840 +0200
-@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
- #include <compat/getopt.h>
- //#include "frontend/modules/mGetOpt.h" //to test with this, make sure global `optind` is initialized to 1
- 
--#define printerror(...) fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__)
-+#define printerror(...) fprintf(stderr, "%s", __VA_ARGS__)
- 
- int _scanline_filter_a = 0, _scanline_filter_b = 2, _scanline_filter_c = 2, _scanline_filter_d = 4;
- int _commandline_linux_nojoy = 0;
-@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
- 
- 	if(opt_help)
- 	{
--		printf(help_string);
-+		printf("%s", help_string);
- 		exit(1);
- 	}
-