diff --git a/devel/py-xmltodict/Makefile b/devel/py-xmltodict/Makefile
index 4bbd645f6f61..572ab2ddea0d 100644
--- a/devel/py-xmltodict/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-xmltodict/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
 # Created by: Johannes Meixner <johannes@perceivon.net>
 
 PORTNAME=	xmltodict
 PORTVERSION=	0.12.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	XML parser that returns python dictionaries
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}nose>=0:devel/py-nose@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
+USE_LOCALE=	en_US.UTF-8 # Python 3.6
 
 do-test:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${LOCALBASE}/bin/nosetests-${PYTHON_VER}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-xmltodict/files/patch-setup.py b/devel/py-xmltodict/files/patch-setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 416bb1f917c4..000000000000
--- a/devel/py-xmltodict/files/patch-setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- setup.py.orig	2019-02-11 06:36:33 UTC
-+++ setup.py
-@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ except ImportError:
- 
- import xmltodict
- 
--with open('README.md') as f:
--    long_description = f.read()
-+with open('README.md', 'rb') as f:
-+    long_description = f.read().decode('utf-8')
- 
- 
- setup(name='xmltodict',