diff --git a/patterns/owl_vital_apats.db b/patterns/owl_vital_apats.db
index 94c0d72..262f8f3 100644
--- a/patterns/owl_vital_apats.db
+++ b/patterns/owl_vital_apats.db
@@ -774,26 +774,6 @@ XXXb
 ; && !oplay_attack(*,b,a,a)
 
 
-Pattern VA44
-# tm New Pattern (3.1.17)
-# gf Fixed symmetry. (3.3.6)
-# nn Modified constraint (3.3.14)
-# gf Revised constraint. (3.5.3)
-
-XoX
-o*o
-
-:|,s,value(57)
-
-XbX
-a*c
-
-; owl_proper_eye(*)
-; && (owl_proper_eye(a) + owl_proper_eye(b) + owl_proper_eye(c) > 2)
-; && safe_xmove(*)
-; && ((owl_eye_size(*) <= 8 && owl_maxeye(*)>1) || !oplay_attack(*,*))
-
-
 Pattern VA45
 # tm New Pattern (3.1.17)