diff --git a/dev-python/manuel/files/manuel-1.8.0-rm_zope_test.patch b/dev-python/manuel/files/manuel-1.8.0-rm_zope_test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d1b61cc678aba..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/manuel/files/manuel-1.8.0-rm_zope_test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
- setup.py             |  6 ------
- src/manuel/index.txt | 26 ++++++++------------------
- src/manuel/tests.py  | 13 +++++++++----
- 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 4561779..b6730c8 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ with open('README.rst') as readme:
-     with open('CHANGES.rst') as changes:
-         long_description = readme.read() + '\n\n' + changes.read()
- 
--tests_require = ['zope.testing']
--
- setup(
-     name='manuel',
-     version='1.8.0',
-@@ -44,10 +42,6 @@ setup(
-         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
-         ],
-     license='Apache Software License, Version 2.0',
--    extras_require={
--        'tests': tests_require,
--        },
--    tests_require=tests_require,
-     test_suite='manuel.tests.test_suite',
-     install_requires=[
-         'setuptools',
-diff --git a/src/manuel/index.txt b/src/manuel/index.txt
-index c1d85f3..a315317 100644
---- a/src/manuel/index.txt
-+++ b/src/manuel/index.txt
-@@ -166,16 +166,16 @@ can pass in your own class to `TestSuite`.
- 
- .. code-block:: python
- 
--     import os.path
--     import manuel.testing
-+    import os.path
-+    import manuel.testing
- 
--     class StripDirsTestCase(manuel.testing.TestCase):
--         def shortDescription(self):
--             return os.path.basename(str(self))
--     suite = manuel.testing.TestSuite(
--         m, path_to_test, TestCase=StripDirsTestCase)
-+    class StripDirsTestCase(manuel.testing.TestCase):
-+        def shortDescription(self):
-+            return os.path.basename(str(self))
-+    suite = manuel.testing.TestSuite(
-+        m, path_to_test, TestCase=StripDirsTestCase)
- 
--    >>> list(suite)[0].shortDescription()
-+    list(suite)[0].shortDescription()
-     'bugs.txt'
- 
- 
-@@ -236,16 +236,6 @@ checkers <http://docs.python.org/library/doctest.html#outputchecker-objects>`_
-    smoothes over the differences between CPython's and PyPy's NameError
-    messages:
- 
--.. code-block:: python
--
--    import re
--    import zope.testing.renormalizing
--    checker = zope.testing.renormalizing.RENormalizing([
--        (re.compile(r"NameError: global name '([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)' is not defined"),
--         r"NameError: name '\1' is not defined"),
--    ])
--
--
- .. reset-globs
- .. _capture:
- 
-diff --git a/src/manuel/tests.py b/src/manuel/tests.py
-index 07723a6..b1a3a76 100644
---- a/src/manuel/tests.py
-+++ b/src/manuel/tests.py
-@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ import manuel.testing
- import os.path
- import re
- import unittest
--import zope.testing.renormalizing
- 
- here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
- 
--checker = zope.testing.renormalizing.RENormalizing([
-+try:
-+	import zope.testing.renormalizing
-+	checker = zope.testing.renormalizing.RENormalizing([
-     (re.compile(r"<unittest\.result\.TestResult"), '<unittest.TestResult'),
-     # PyPy spells some error messages differently
-     (re.compile(r"NameError: global name '([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)' is not defined"),
-@@ -25,7 +26,9 @@ checker = zope.testing.renormalizing.RENormalizing([
-      r"<\1 object"),
-     (re.compile(r"<SRE_Match object"),
-      r"<_sre.SRE_Match object"),
--])
-+	])
-+except ImportError:
-+	pass
- 
- 
- def turtle_on_the_bottom_test():
-@@ -59,7 +62,6 @@ def test_suite():
-     optionflags = doctest.NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE | doctest.ELLIPSIS
- 
-     m = manuel.ignore.Manuel()
--    m += manuel.doctest.Manuel(optionflags=optionflags, checker=checker)
-     m += manuel.codeblock.Manuel()
-     m += manuel.capture.Manuel()
-     m += manuel.testcase.SectionManuel()
-@@ -73,3 +75,6 @@ def test_suite():
-         suite,
-         doctest.DocTestSuite(),
-         ))
-+
-+if __name__ == '__main__':
-+    unittest.TextTestRunner().run(test_suite())