diff --git a/skip-some-tests-for-older-paramiko-versions.patch b/skip-some-tests-for-older-paramiko-versions.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 88fc0d4..0000000
--- a/skip-some-tests-for-older-paramiko-versions.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-Index: apache-libcloud-3.5.1/libcloud/test/compute/test_ssh_client.py
-===================================================================
---- apache-libcloud-3.5.1.orig/libcloud/test/compute/test_ssh_client.py
-+++ apache-libcloud-3.5.1/libcloud/test/compute/test_ssh_client.py
-@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ class ParamikoSSHClientTests(LibcloudTes
-         )
- 
-     @patch("paramiko.SSHClient", Mock)
-+    @unittest.skipIf(paramiko_version < '2.7.0',
-+                     'Old versions of paramiko do not support OPENSSH key format')
-     def test_password_protected_key_no_password_provided_1(self):
-         path = os.path.join(
-             os.path.dirname(__file__),
-@@ -238,6 +240,8 @@ class ParamikoSSHClientTests(LibcloudTes
-         )
- 
-     @patch("paramiko.SSHClient", Mock)
-+    @unittest.skipIf(paramiko_version < '2.7.0',
-+                     'Old versions of paramiko do not support OPENSSH key format')
-     def test_password_protected_key_no_password_provided_2(self):
-         path = os.path.join(
-             os.path.dirname(__file__),
-@@ -265,6 +269,8 @@ class ParamikoSSHClientTests(LibcloudTes
-         )
- 
-     @patch("paramiko.SSHClient", Mock)
-+    @unittest.skipIf(paramiko_version < '2.7.0',
-+                     'Old versions of paramiko do not support OPENSSH key format')
-     def test_password_protected_key_valid_password_provided(self):
-         path = os.path.join(
-             os.path.dirname(__file__),