diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/sodium.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/sodium.mk
index 87b34599e..a74b15095 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/sodium.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/sodium.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $(package)_version=1.0.18
 $(package)_download_path=https://download.libsodium.org/libsodium/releases/
 $(package)_file_name=libsodium-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=6f504490b342a4f8a4c4a02fc9b866cbef8622d5df4e5452b46be121e46636c1
-$(package)_patches=disable-glibc-getrandom-getentropy.patch fix-whitespace.patch
+$(package)_patches=disable-glibc-getrandom-getentropy.patch
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts=--enable-static --disable-shared
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/disable-glibc-getrandom-getentropy.patch &&\
-  autoconf &&\
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/fix-whitespace.patch
+  autoconf
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
diff --git a/contrib/depends/patches/sodium/fix-whitespace.patch b/contrib/depends/patches/sodium/fix-whitespace.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c3d3af0b4..000000000
--- a/contrib/depends/patches/sodium/fix-whitespace.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/configure b/configure
-index b29f769..ca008ae 100755
---- a/configure
-+++ b/configure
-@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
- PACKAGE_NAME='libsodium'
- PACKAGE_TARNAME='libsodium'
- PACKAGE_VERSION='1.0.18'
--PACKAGE_STRING='libsodium 1.0.18'
-+PACKAGE_STRING='libsodium'
- PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/issues'
- PACKAGE_URL='https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium'
-