diff --git a/dev-python/importlib_resources/files/importlib_resources-1.0.2-skip-wheel.patch b/dev-python/importlib_resources/files/importlib_resources-1.0.2-skip-wheel.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cff1fafeaf1b..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/importlib_resources/files/importlib_resources-1.0.2-skip-wheel.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
-index c9ef791..412b1a9 100644
---- a/setup.cfg
-+++ b/setup.cfg
-@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ classifiers =
- python_requires = >=2.7,!=3.0,!=3.1,!=3.2,!=3.3
- setup_requires = 
- 	setuptools
--	wheel
- install_requires = 
- 	pathlib2; python_version < '3'
- 	typing; python_version < '3.5'