diff --git a/newapkbuild.in b/newapkbuild.in
index a47dcae..64b726b 100644
--- a/newapkbuild.in
+++ b/newapkbuild.in
@@ -224,21 +224,6 @@ __EOF__
 		fi
 	fi
 
-
-	# Create the prepare() template
-	cat >>APKBUILD<<__EOF__
-prepare() {
-	local i
-	cd "\$_builddir"
-	for i in \$source; do
-		case \$i in
-		*.patch) msg \$i; patch -p1 -i "\$srcdir"/\$i || return 1;;
-		esac
-	done
-}
-
-__EOF__
-
 	# Create build() function
 	cat >>APKBUILD<<__EOF__
 build() {