diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/distribute-skip-sdist_with_utf8_encoded_filename.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/distribute-skip-sdist_with_utf8_encoded_filename.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 96a4f81ee581..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/distribute-skip-sdist_with_utf8_encoded_filename.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-diff -r f5ac515f062a setuptools/tests/test_sdist.py
---- a/setuptools/tests/test_sdist.py	Fri Jul 26 09:52:26 2013 +0200
-+++ b/setuptools/tests/test_sdist.py	Sat Jul 27 20:22:17 2013 +0200
-@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
- 
- 
- import os
-+import locale
- import shutil
- import sys
- import tempfile
- import unittest
- import unicodedata
- 
-+from setuptools.tests.py26compat import skipIf
- from setuptools.compat import StringIO, unicode
- from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist
- from setuptools.command.egg_info import manifest_maker
-@@ -318,6 +320,9 @@
-             filename = filename.decode('latin-1')
-             self.assertFalse(filename in cmd.filelist.files)
- 
-+
-+    @skipIf(sys.version_info >= (3,) and locale.getpreferredencoding() != 'UTF-8',
-+            'Unittest fails if locale is not utf-8 but the manifests is recorded correctly')
-     def test_sdist_with_utf8_encoded_filename(self):
-         # Test for #303.
-         dist = Distribution(SETUP_ATTRS)