diff --git a/patch.diff b/patch.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 084cb98289d8d164ef8a3b61623f0438b6b806a4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/patch.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-From 9c50f47cdb3479922f45fc709efe68cddbc3d8bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Whitney Armstrong <whit@whit-armstrong.com>
-Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 09:10:19 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Fixed use of TString to compile with gcc 8.1 (#2012)
-
-Fixed use of TString to compile with gcc 8.1
-
-(cherry picked from commit 5c1921a4be42c195c4490521de35774f5f1a2aa0)
----
- geom/gdml/src/TGDMLWrite.cxx            | 2 +-
- tmva/tmva/src/Factory.cxx               | 2 +-
- tmva/tmva/src/MethodCrossValidation.cxx | 2 +-
- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/geom/gdml/src/TGDMLWrite.cxx b/geom/gdml/src/TGDMLWrite.cxx
-index 8d1231d..c64a1af 100644
---- a/geom/gdml/src/TGDMLWrite.cxx
-+++ b/geom/gdml/src/TGDMLWrite.cxx
-@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ XMLNodePointer_t TGDMLWrite::CreateElConeN(TGeoScaledShape * geoShape)
-    Double_t sy = geoShape->GetScale()->GetScale()[1];
-    Double_t ry1 = sy * rx1;
- 
--   std::string format(TString::Format("%s/%s", fltPrecision.Data(), fltPrecision.Data()));
-+   std::string format(TString::Format("%s/%s", fltPrecision.Data(), fltPrecision.Data()).Data());
-    fGdmlE->NewAttr(mainN, 0, "dx", TString::Format(format.c_str(), rx1, z));
-    fGdmlE->NewAttr(mainN, 0, "dy", TString::Format(format.c_str(), ry1, z));
-    fGdmlE->NewAttr(mainN, 0, "zmax", TString::Format(fltPrecision.Data(), zmax));
-diff --git a/tmva/tmva/src/Factory.cxx b/tmva/tmva/src/Factory.cxx
-index 857e548..ef5d3fc 100644
---- a/tmva/tmva/src/Factory.cxx
-+++ b/tmva/tmva/src/Factory.cxx
-@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ TMVA::MethodBase* TMVA::Factory::BookMethod(TMVA::DataLoader *loader, Types::EMV
- TMVA::MethodBase* TMVA::Factory::BookMethodWeightfile(DataLoader *loader, TMVA::Types::EMVA methodType, const TString &weightfile)
- {
-    TString datasetname = loader->GetName();
--   std::string methodTypeName = std::string(Types::Instance().GetMethodName(methodType));
-+   std::string methodTypeName = std::string(Types::Instance().GetMethodName(methodType).Data());
-    DataSetInfo &dsi = loader->DefaultDataSetInfo();
-    
-    IMethod *im = ClassifierFactory::Instance().Create(methodTypeName, dsi, weightfile );
-diff --git a/tmva/tmva/src/MethodCrossValidation.cxx b/tmva/tmva/src/MethodCrossValidation.cxx
-index 248d742..02b0c4a 100644
---- a/tmva/tmva/src/MethodCrossValidation.cxx
-+++ b/tmva/tmva/src/MethodCrossValidation.cxx
-@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ TMVA::MethodBase *
- TMVA::MethodCrossValidation::InstantiateMethodFromXML(TString methodTypeName, TString weightfile) const
- {
-    TMVA::MethodBase *m = dynamic_cast<MethodBase *>(
--      ClassifierFactory::Instance().Create(std::string(methodTypeName), DataInfo(), weightfile));
-+      ClassifierFactory::Instance().Create(std::string(methodTypeName.Data()), DataInfo(), weightfile));
- 
-    if (m->GetMethodType() == Types::kCategory) {
-       Log() << kFATAL << "MethodCategory not supported for the moment." << Endl;
--- 
-2.6.4
-