diff --git a/platform/avr-rss2/apps/sniffer/rf230-promisc.pat b/platform/avr-rss2/apps/sniffer/rf230-promisc.pat
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e2c98e6f..000000000
--- a/platform/avr-rss2/apps/sniffer/rf230-promisc.pat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/cpu/avr/radio/rf230bb/rf230bb.c b/cpu/avr/radio/rf230bb/rf230bb.c
-index 53959d1..b9f2262 100644
---- a/cpu/avr/radio/rf230bb/rf230bb.c
-+++ b/cpu/avr/radio/rf230bb/rf230bb.c
-@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ rf230_set_promiscuous_mode(bool isPromiscuous) {
- #if RF230_CONF_AUTOACK
-     is_promiscuous = isPromiscuous;
- /* TODO: Figure out when to pass promisc state to 802.15.4 */
--//    radio_set_trx_state(is_promiscuous?RX_ON:RX_AACK_ON);
-+    radio_set_trx_state(is_promiscuous?RX_ON:RX_AACK_ON);
- #endif
- }
- 
-@@ -1392,6 +1392,25 @@ PROCESS_THREAD(rf230_process, ev, data)
-     /* Restore interrupts. */
-     HAL_LEAVE_CRITICAL_REGION();
-     PRINTF("rf230_read: %u bytes lqi %u\n",len,rf230_last_correlation);
-+
-+    if(is_promiscuous) {
-+      uint8_t i;
-+      unsigned const char * rxdata = packetbuf_dataptr();
-+      /* Print magic */
-+      putchar(0xC1);
-+      putchar(0x1F);
-+      putchar(0xFE);
-+      putchar(0x72);
-+      /* Print version */
-+      putchar(0x01);
-+      /* Print CMD == frame */
-+      putchar(0x00);
-+      putchar(len+3);
-+
-+      for (i=0;i<len;i++)  putchar(rxdata[i]);
-+      printf("\n");
-+    }
-+
- #if DEBUG>1
-      {
-         uint8_t i;