diff --git a/package/python-apispec/0001-fix-setup-encoding.patch b/package/python-apispec/0001-fix-setup-encoding.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 835b114f7d..0000000000
--- a/package/python-apispec/0001-fix-setup-encoding.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -uNr apispec-0.39.0-orig/setup.py apispec-0.39.0-patched/setup.py
---- apispec-0.39.0-orig/setup.py	2018-06-29 05:50:26.000000000 +0300
-+++ apispec-0.39.0-patched/setup.py	2019-01-24 23:36:41.947206745 +0200
-@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
-     Raises RuntimeError if not found.
-     """
-     version = ''
--    with open(fname, 'r') as fp:
-+    with open(fname, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fp:
-         reg = re.compile(r'__version__ = [\'"]([^\'"]*)[\'"]')
-         for line in fp:
-             m = reg.match(line)