diff --git a/lang/python/patches/170-abort-on-failed-modules.patch b/lang/python/patches/170-abort-on-failed-modules.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bceeb62d..000000000
--- a/lang/python/patches/170-abort-on-failed-modules.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-Abort on failed module build
-
-When building a Python module fails, the setup.py script currently
-doesn't exit with an error, and simply continues. This is not a really
-nice behavior, so this patch changes setup.py to abort with an error,
-so that the build issue is clearly noticeable.
-
-Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
-
-Index: b/setup.py
-===================================================================
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@
-             print "Failed to build these modules:"
-             print_three_column(failed)
-             print
-+            sys.exit(1)
- 
-     def build_extension(self, ext):
-