diff --git a/python-distlib.changes b/python-distlib.changes
index 1775043..ef83649 100644
--- a/python-distlib.changes
+++ b/python-distlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec 11 12:07:02 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- actually drop remove-backports.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 10 21:56:30 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/remove-backports.patch b/remove-backports.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fc1a546..0000000
--- a/remove-backports.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Index: distlib-0.3.4/tests/distlib_tests.py
-===================================================================
---- distlib-0.3.4.orig/tests/distlib_tests.py
-+++ distlib-0.3.4/tests/distlib_tests.py
-@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ _ver = sys.version_info[:2]
- from test_database import (DataFilesTestCase, TestDatabase, TestDistribution,
-                            TestEggInfoDistribution, DepGraphTestCase)
- from test_index import PackageIndexTestCase
--from test_locators import LocatorTestCase
- from test_manifest import ManifestTestCase
- from test_markers import MarkersTestCase
- from test_metadata import MetadataTestCase, LegacyMetadataTestCase