diff --git a/dev-python/pyenchant/files/pyenchant-setup.patch b/dev-python/pyenchant/files/pyenchant-setup.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 757b759b71467..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/pyenchant/files/pyenchant-setup.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
- #
- 
- 
--import distribute_setup
--distribute_setup.use_setuptools()
- from setuptools import setup, find_packages, Extension
- from distutils.archive_util import make_archive
-