diff --git a/app-forensics/libvshadow/files/20170715-header.patch b/app-forensics/libvshadow/files/20170715-header.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 739a51639..000000000
--- a/app-forensics/libvshadow/files/20170715-header.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- vshadowtools/vshadowmount.c.orig	2017-07-15 15:18:38.000000000 +0800
-+++ vshadowtools/vshadowmount.c	2017-07-20 16:26:48.334872904 +0800
-@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
- #include <types.h>
- #include <wide_string.h>
- 
-+/* blshkv */
-+#include <asm-generic/errno-base.h>
-+#include <errno.h>
-+
- #include <stdio.h>
- 
- #if defined( HAVE_ERRNO_H )
diff --git a/app-forensics/libvshadow/libvshadow-20170715_alpha.ebuild b/app-forensics/libvshadow/libvshadow-20170715_alpha.ebuild
index 07fae4be4..8ceb9ee98 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libvshadow/libvshadow-20170715_alpha.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libvshadow/libvshadow-20170715_alpha.ebuild
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
 
 src_prepare() {
-	epatch ${FILESDIR}/20170715-header.patch 
-#	eautoreconf
+	#workaround, see https://github.com/libyal/libvshadow/issues/10
+	echo "#define HAVE_ERRNO_H 1" >> common/config.h.in
 	eapply_user
 }