diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-distribute/patches/distribute-python2_and_3.patch b/srcpkgs/python-distribute/patches/distribute-python2_and_3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3122b8ab19f..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python-distribute/patches/distribute-python2_and_3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
---- distribute.egg-info/entry_points.txt	2012-05-18 15:46:04.000000000 -0400
-+++ distribute.egg-info/entry_points.txt	2012-05-22 18:14:17.443383039 -0400
-@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
- install_egg_info = setuptools.command.install_egg_info:install_egg_info
- alias = setuptools.command.alias:alias
- easy_install = setuptools.command.easy_install:easy_install
-+easy_install-2.7 = setuptools.command.easy_install:main
-+easy_install-3.2 = setuptools.command.easy_install:main
- install_scripts = setuptools.command.install_scripts:install_scripts
- bdist_wininst = setuptools.command.bdist_wininst:bdist_wininst
- bdist_egg = setuptools.command.bdist_egg:bdist_egg
---- distribute_setup.py	2012-05-18 15:45:03.000000000 -0400
-+++ distribute_setup.py	2012-05-22 18:14:17.443383039 -0400
-@@ -299,8 +299,7 @@
-         log.warn('Could not find the install location')
-         return
-     pyver = '%s.%s' % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1])
--    setuptools_file = 'setuptools-%s-py%s.egg-info' % \
--            (SETUPTOOLS_FAKED_VERSION, pyver)
-+    setuptools_file = 'setuptools-%s.egg-info' % SETUPTOOLS_FAKED_VERSION
-     pkg_info = os.path.join(placeholder, setuptools_file)
-     if os.path.exists(pkg_info):
-         log.warn('%s already exists', pkg_info)
---- setup.py	2012-05-18 15:19:51.000000000 -0400
-+++ setup.py	2012-05-22 18:14:17.443383039 -0400
-@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
-             finally:
-                 f.close()
- 
-+console_scripts = ["easy_install-%s = setuptools.command.easy_install:main" % sys.version[:3]]
-
- # if we are installing Distribute using "python setup.py install"
- # we need to get setuptools out of the way
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-distribute/template b/srcpkgs/python-distribute/template
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index 638c2539164..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python-distribute/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'python-distribute'
-pkgname=python-distribute
-version=0.6.28
-revision=4
-wrksrc="distribute-${version}"
-build_style=python-module
-python_versions="2.7 3.3"
-makedepends="python-devel python3-devel"
-noarch="yes"
-depends="python"
-pycompile_module="pkg_resources.py easy_install.py site.py setuptools"
-short_desc="A collection of extensions to the Python distutils (Python2)"
-maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-homepage="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute"
-license="PSF"
-distfiles="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=a42e897551aeb7600708f4aa6a0c02acb4458613976234b7d4fad7ae841a8d63
-
-python3-distribute_package() {
-	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3"
-	short_desc="${short_desc//Python2/Python3}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove /usr/lib/python3.3
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-distribute b/srcpkgs/python3-distribute
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index 9ad4e498661..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-distribute
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python-distribute
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