diff --git a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/files/disable_python.patch b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/files/disable_python.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a5fbf6e92..000000000
--- a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/files/disable_python.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
---- configure.ac_orig	2013-03-23 12:21:11.907228112 +0100
-+++ configure.ac	2013-03-23 12:21:53.982820539 +0100
-@@ -259,18 +259,18 @@
- AC_CHECK_FUNCS([backtrace backtrace_symbols])
- 
- # Python
--AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.5])
--case "$host" in
--*-*-mingw*)
--	# Change backslashes to forward slashes in pyexecdir to avoid
--	# quoting issues
--	pyexecdir=`echo $pyexecdir | tr '\\\\' '/'`
--	;;
--esac
--AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS(, AC_MSG_ERROR([Python headers not found]))
--if test "x$os_win32" = "xyes"; then
--  AM_CHECK_PYTHON_LIBS(, AC_MSG_ERROR([Python libs not found. Windows requires Python modules to be explicitly linked to libpython.]))
--fi
-+#AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.5])
-+#case "$host" in
-+#*-*-mingw*)
-+#	# Change backslashes to forward slashes in pyexecdir to avoid
-+#	# quoting issues
-+#	pyexecdir=`echo $pyexecdir | tr '\\\\' '/'`
-+#	;;
-+#esac
-+#AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS(, AC_MSG_ERROR([Python headers not found]))
-+#if test "x$os_win32" = "xyes"; then
-+#  AM_CHECK_PYTHON_LIBS(, AC_MSG_ERROR([Python libs not found. Windows requires Python modules to be explicitly linked to libpython.]))
-+#fi
- 
- dnl Not enabled by default until 3.6 cycle when we can propose mako as
- dnl an external dependency
diff --git a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.38.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.38.0-r1.ebuild
index 3074d4bbc..c7cb6e289 100644
--- a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.38.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.38.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ disable_python_for_x86() {
 	if use amd64 && [ "$ABI" == "x86" ]; then
 		cd ${BUILD_DIR}
 		
-		# disable configure checks
-		epatch ${FILESDIR}/disable_python.patch
-		
 		# disable python bindings
 		sed -i "s/include Makefile-giscanner.am//" Makefile.am || die "sed failed"