diff --git a/fix-setuptools.patch b/fix-setuptools.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 11a5f1d..0000000
--- a/fix-setuptools.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-From 83b9ac91fbd68f0361280460e9e1928f45b71d12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Ondrej Mular <omular@redhat.com>
-Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:40:12 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] fix for new setuptools
-
----
- Makefile | 4 +++-
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 0e4dff4..10934ec 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ pcsd_fonts = \
- 
- install:
- 	# make Python interpreter execution sane (via -Es flags)
--	echo -e "[build]\nexecutable = $(PYTHON) -Es\n" > setup.cfg
-+	# in fedora 26 setuptools uses parameter executable from install section
-+	# instead of setup
-+	echo -e "[install]\nexecutable = $(PYTHON) -Es\n" > setup.cfg
- 	$(PYTHON) setup.py install --root=$(or ${DESTDIR}, /) ${EXTRA_SETUP_OPTS}
- 	# fix excessive script interpreting "executable" quoting with old setuptools:
- 	# https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/188
--- 
-2.9.4
-