diff --git a/package/python-tornado/0001-Disable-SSL-checks.patch b/package/python-tornado/0001-Disable-SSL-checks.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 272afd64fe..0000000000
--- a/package/python-tornado/0001-Disable-SSL-checks.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-From 82a3bbc2ac41b5a1b34a53f97459558efe131f14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jan Dohl <polygon@wh2.tu-dresden.de>
-Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 16:00:54 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Disable SSL checks
-
-Checking for SSL support in the Python used on the build system is not
-relevant, as we need SSL support in the Python on the target system.
-
-Signed-off-by: Jan Dohl <polygon@wh2.tu-dresden.de>
----
- setup.py | 11 -----------
- 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 6fbb10a8..1a9220c7 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
- 
- import os
- import platform
--import ssl
- import sys
- import warnings
- 
-@@ -137,16 +136,6 @@ if setuptools is not None:
-     python_requires = '>= 2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, != 3.3.*'
-     kwargs['python_requires'] = python_requires
- 
--# Verify that the SSL module has all the modern upgrades. Check for several
--# names individually since they were introduced at different versions,
--# although they should all be present by Python 3.4 or 2.7.9.
--if (not hasattr(ssl, 'SSLContext') or
--        not hasattr(ssl, 'create_default_context') or
--        not hasattr(ssl, 'match_hostname')):
--    raise ImportError("Tornado requires an up-to-date SSL module. This means "
--                      "Python 2.7.9+ or 3.4+ (although some distributions have "
--                      "backported the necessary changes to older versions).")
--
- setup(
-     name="tornado",
-     version=version,
--- 
-2.14.4
-