diff --git a/app-admin/salt/files/salt-3000.8-tests.patch b/app-admin/salt/files/salt-3000.8-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d..0000000000000
diff --git a/app-admin/salt/salt-3000.8.ebuild b/app-admin/salt/salt-3000.8.ebuild
index 5e9a9e68326a1..8e8b915442da8 100644
--- a/app-admin/salt/salt-3000.8.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/salt/salt-3000.8.ebuild
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${WORKDIR}/salt-3000.2-py38-misc.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/salt-3000.2-py38-logwarn.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/salt-2019.2.8-ansible-roster-fix.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/salt-3000.8-tests.patch"
 )
 
 python_prepare_all() {