diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jq/jq-py-setup.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jq/jq-py-setup.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0894b776fef6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jq/jq-py-setup.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 01cc813..15e9048 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -1,97 +1,18 @@
- #!/usr/bin/env python
- 
- import os
--import subprocess
--import tarfile
--import shutil
--import sysconfig
- 
- from setuptools import setup
--from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
- from setuptools.extension import Extension
- 
--
--def _path_in_dir(relative_path):
--    return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), relative_path))
--
--def _dep_source_path(relative_path):
--    return os.path.join(_path_in_dir("deps"), relative_path)
--
--def _dep_build_path(relative_path):
--    return os.path.join(_path_in_dir("_deps/build"), relative_path)
--
- def _read(fname):
-     return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
- 
- 
--jq_lib_tarball_path = _dep_source_path("jq-1.6.tar.gz")
--jq_lib_dir = _dep_build_path("jq-1.6")
--
--oniguruma_version = "6.9.4"
--oniguruma_lib_tarball_path = _dep_source_path("onig-{}.tar.gz".format(oniguruma_version))
--oniguruma_lib_build_dir = _dep_build_path("onig-{}".format(oniguruma_version))
--oniguruma_lib_install_dir = _dep_build_path("onig-install-{}".format(oniguruma_version))
--
--class jq_build_ext(build_ext):
--    def run(self):
--        if not os.path.exists(_dep_build_path(".")):
--            os.makedirs(_dep_build_path("."))
--        self._build_oniguruma()
--        self._build_libjq()
--        build_ext.run(self)
--
--    def _build_oniguruma(self):
--        self._build_lib(
--            tarball_path=oniguruma_lib_tarball_path,
--            lib_dir=oniguruma_lib_build_dir,
--            commands=[
--                ["./configure", "CFLAGS=-fPIC", "--prefix=" + oniguruma_lib_install_dir],
--                ["make"],
--                ["make", "install"],
--            ])
--
--
--    def _build_libjq(self):
--        self._build_lib(
--            tarball_path=jq_lib_tarball_path,
--            lib_dir=jq_lib_dir,
--            commands=[
--                ["./configure", "CFLAGS=-fPIC -pthread", "--disable-maintainer-mode", "--with-oniguruma=" + oniguruma_lib_install_dir],
--                ["make"],
--            ])
--
--    def _build_lib(self, tarball_path, lib_dir, commands):
--        self._extract_tarball(
--            tarball_path=tarball_path,
--            lib_dir=lib_dir,
--        )
--
--        macosx_deployment_target = sysconfig.get_config_var("MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET")
--        if macosx_deployment_target:
--            os.environ['MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = str(macosx_deployment_target)
--
--        def run_command(args):
--            print("Executing: %s" % ' '.join(args))
--            subprocess.check_call(args, cwd=lib_dir)
--
--        for command in commands:
--            run_command(command)
--
--    def _extract_tarball(self, tarball_path, lib_dir):
--        if os.path.exists(lib_dir):
--            shutil.rmtree(lib_dir)
--        tarfile.open(tarball_path, "r:gz").extractall(_dep_build_path("."))
--
--
- jq_extension = Extension(
-     "jq",
-     sources=["jq.c"],
--    include_dirs=[os.path.join(jq_lib_dir, "src")],
--    extra_link_args=["-lm"],
--    extra_objects=[
--        os.path.join(jq_lib_dir, ".libs/libjq.a"),
--        os.path.join(oniguruma_lib_install_dir, "lib/libonig.a"),
--    ],
-+    libraries=["jq"]
- )
- 
- setup(
-@@ -104,7 +25,6 @@ def _extract_tarball(self, tarball_path, lib_dir):
-     python_requires='>=3.5',
-     license='BSD 2-Clause',
-     ext_modules = [jq_extension],
--    cmdclass={"build_ext": jq_build_ext},
-     classifiers=[
-         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
-         'Intended Audience :: Developers',