diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/httpie/strip-venv.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/httpie/strip-venv.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cfddbfdf78..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/httpie/strip-venv.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/tests/test_docs.py b/tests/test_docs.py
-index 340e64d..a6b4dc9 100644
---- a/tests/test_docs.py
-+++ b/tests/test_docs.py
-@@ -42,15 +42,10 @@ assert filenames
- # HACK: hardcoded paths, venv should be irrelevant, etc.
- # TODO: simplify by using the Python API instead of a subprocess
- #       then we wont’t need the paths.
--VENV_BIN = Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'venv/bin'
--VENV_PYTHON = VENV_BIN / 'python'
--VENV_RST2PSEUDOXML = VENV_BIN / 'rst2pseudoxml.py'
-+VENV_PYTHON = 'python'
-+VENV_RST2PSEUDOXML = 'rst2pseudoxml.py'
- 
- 
--@pytest.mark.skipif(
--    not VENV_RST2PSEUDOXML.exists(),
--    reason='docutils not installed',
--)
- @pytest.mark.parametrize('filename', filenames)
- def test_rst_file_syntax(filename):
-     p = subprocess.Popen(