diff --git a/contrib/libftdi/README b/contrib/libftdi/README
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index 475c4e559..000000000
--- a/contrib/libftdi/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-libftdi can be built to work under win32 (cygwin/mingw) after applying the patch in this directory.
-
-The issue is caused by windows requiring usb_set_configuration to be called before the usb_claim_interface.
-
-Spen
-spen@spen-soft.co.uk
-
diff --git a/contrib/libftdi/libftdi-0.12_win32.patch b/contrib/libftdi/libftdi-0.12_win32.patch
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index 426523c7b..000000000
--- a/contrib/libftdi/libftdi-0.12_win32.patch
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@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- src/ftdi.c.orig	Wed Apr 16 16:24:30 2008
-+++ src/ftdi.c	Thu May 01 20:19:46 2008
-@@ -358,6 +358,17 @@
-     if (usb_detach_kernel_driver_np(ftdi->usb_dev, ftdi->interface) != 0 && errno != ENODATA)
-         detach_errno = errno;
- #endif
-+
-+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
-+	if (usb_set_configuration(ftdi->usb_dev, 1) != 0) {
-+		usb_close (ftdi->usb_dev);
-+        if (detach_errno == EPERM) {
-+            ftdi_error_return(-8, "inappropriate permissions on device!");
-+        } else {
-+            ftdi_error_return(-5, "unable to set configuration");
-+        }
-+	}
-+#endif
- 
-     if (usb_claim_interface(ftdi->usb_dev, ftdi->interface) != 0) {
-         usb_close (ftdi->usb_dev);