diff --git a/dev-python/http-parser/files/http-parser-0.7.8-setup.patch b/dev-python/http-parser/files/http-parser-0.7.8-setup.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bd43e6a1534b..0000000000000
--- a/dev-python/http-parser/files/http-parser-0.7.8-setup.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur http-parser-0.7.8.orig/setup.py http-parser-0.7.8/setup.py
---- setup.py	2012-08-05 11:14:22.000000000 +0800
-+++ setup.py	2013-01-21 01:54:23.748530621 +0800
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
- from distutils.command.sdist import sdist as _sdist
- import glob
- from imp import load_source
--import os
-+import os, io
- import shutil
- import sys
- import traceback
-@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
- VERSION = http_parser.__version__
- 
- # get long description
--with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst')) as f:
-+with io.open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.rst'), encoding='utf8') as f:
-     LONG_DESCRIPTION = f.read()
- 
- def _system(cmd):
-