diff --git a/build/pkgs/symengine/patches/1749.patch b/build/pkgs/symengine/patches/1749.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 40ff66b1856..00000000000
--- a/build/pkgs/symengine/patches/1749.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-From 713c096527291b24a8bee47895859f202b6eaa92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Isuru Fernando <isuruf@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:33:17 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Check for flint-arb
-
----
- cmake/FindARB.cmake       | 2 +-
- cmake/LibFindMacros.cmake | 4 ++--
- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/cmake/FindARB.cmake b/cmake/FindARB.cmake
-index 770da3133..281c5beae 100644
---- a/cmake/FindARB.cmake
-+++ b/cmake/FindARB.cmake
-@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
- include(LibFindMacros)
- 
- libfind_include(arb.h arb)
--libfind_library(arb arb)
-+libfind_library(arb arb flint-arb)
- 
- set(ARB_LIBRARIES ${ARB_LIBRARY})
- set(ARB_INCLUDE_DIRS ${ARB_INCLUDE_DIR})
-diff --git a/cmake/LibFindMacros.cmake b/cmake/LibFindMacros.cmake
-index 68fcaa426..06aa3f5ba 100644
---- a/cmake/LibFindMacros.cmake
-+++ b/cmake/LibFindMacros.cmake
-@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function (libfind_library libname pkg)
- 
-     find_library(${LIBNAME}_LIBRARY
-         NAMES
--            ${libname}
-+            ${libname} ${ARGN}
-     )
- 
-     if (NOT TARGET ${libname})
-@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ function (libfind_include HEADER pkg)
- 
-     find_path(${PKG}_INCLUDE_DIR
-         NAMES
--            ${HEADER}
-+            ${HEADER} ${ARGN}
-     )
- endfunction()