diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/files/12.4.5-xmlsec1-pc.patch b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/files/12.4.5-xmlsec1-pc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9dfaad5e20..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/files/12.4.5-xmlsec1-pc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/732
-
-From 9403500c9aac5be8c38b528e9cc0c711ba2f0151 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org>
-Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2024 14:53:16 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Also try using pkg-config to detect xmlsec
-
-The xmlsec1-config script does not help when cross-compiling. pkg-config is
-subsequently used for a version detection anyway.
----
- open-vm-tools/configure.ac | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/open-vm-tools/configure.ac b/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
-index 26b2e950..d46a51e2 100644
---- a/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
-+++ b/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
-@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ if test "$enable_vgauth" = "yes" ; then
-    AC_VMW_DEFAULT_FLAGS([XMLSEC1])
-    AC_VMW_CHECK_LIB([xmlsec1],
-                      [XMLSEC1],
--                     [],
-+                     [xmlsec1],
-                      [xmlsec1-config],
-                      [],
-                      [xmlsec/xmlsec.h],
--- 
-2.45.2
-
-
-From b9f0bb3205039d2fa4e8d1f6d2e4d622f3ef97b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org>
-Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2024 14:54:34 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Respect the $PKG_CONFIG variable when checking the xmlsec
- version
-
-This particularly helps when cross-compiling.
----
- open-vm-tools/configure.ac | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/open-vm-tools/configure.ac b/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
-index d46a51e2..39b9fa9c 100644
---- a/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
-+++ b/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
-@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ if test "$enable_vgauth" = "yes" ; then
-                      [],
-                      [xmlsec/xmlsec.h],
-                      [xmlSecCheckVersionExt],
--                     [XMLSEC1_VER=`pkg-config --modversion xmlsec1`
-+                     [XMLSEC1_VER=`$PKG_CONFIG --modversion xmlsec1`
-                       xmlsec1_major_version="`echo $XMLSEC1_VER | cut -f1 -d. | cut -f1 -d-`"
-                       xmlsec1_minor_version="`echo $XMLSEC1_VER | cut -f2 -d. | cut -f1 -d-`"
-                       xmlsec1_micro_version="`echo $XMLSEC1_VER | cut -f3 -d. | cut -f1 -d-`"
--- 
-2.45.2
-
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-13.0.0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-13.0.0.ebuild
index 7355b52b6c..a43439a868 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-13.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-13.0.0.ebuild
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/10.1.0-Werror.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/11.3.5-icu.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/12.4.5-xmlsec1-pc.patch
 )
 
 pkg_setup() {