diff --git a/textproc/py-citeproc-py-styles/files/patch-setup.py b/textproc/py-citeproc-py-styles/files/patch-setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index bcc2ddb8b4b9..000000000000
--- a/textproc/py-citeproc-py-styles/files/patch-setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-- fix the problem that Python thinks that the version 2.6.2 is greater than 6.0.0 for pytest-runner
-
---- setup.py.orig	2022-10-05 06:44:42 UTC
-+++ setup.py
-@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ for reqs in extras_require.values():
-     extras_require['all'].extend(reqs)
- 
- setup_requires = [
--    'pytest-runner>=2.6.2',
-+    'pytest-runner',
- ]
- 
- install_requires = [