diff --git a/dev-python/httplib2/files/httplib2-0.12.1-use-system-cacerts.patch b/dev-python/httplib2/files/httplib2-0.12.1-use-system-cacerts.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e189a54072432..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/httplib2/files/httplib2-0.12.1-use-system-cacerts.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
---- a/python2/httplib2/certs.py
-+++ b/python2/httplib2/certs.py
-@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ except ImportError:
-     pass
- 
- 
--BUILTIN_CA_CERTS = os.path.join(
--    os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "cacerts.txt"
--)
-+BUILTIN_CA_CERTS = "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
- 
- 
- def where():
---- a/python3/httplib2/certs.py
-+++ b/python3/httplib2/certs.py
-@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ except ImportError:
-     pass
- 
- 
--BUILTIN_CA_CERTS = os.path.join(
--    os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "cacerts.txt"
--)
-+BUILTIN_CA_CERTS = "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
- 
- 
- def where():