diff --git a/dev-python/pip/files/pip-19.3.1-disable-system-install.patch b/dev-python/pip/files/pip-19.3.1-disable-system-install.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 70583957bd746..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/pip/files/pip-19.3.1-disable-system-install.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-install: Raise an error to avoid breaking python-exec
-
-Running pip without --target, --root, or --user will result in packages
-being installed systemwide. This has a tendency to break python-exec if
-setuptools gets installed or upgraded.
-
---- pip-19.1/src/pip/_internal/commands/install.py
-+++ pip-19.1/src/pip/_internal/commands/install.py
-@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ class InstallCommand(RequirementCommand):
-         if options.upgrade:
-             upgrade_strategy = options.upgrade_strategy
-
-+        if not any((options.use_user_site, options.target_dir, options.root_path, options.prefix_path)):
-+            raise CommandError("(Gentoo) Please run pip with the --user option to avoid breaking python-exec")
-+
-         if options.build_dir:
-             options.build_dir = os.path.abspath(options.build_dir)