diff --git a/dev-python/markdown/Manifest b/dev-python/markdown/Manifest
index 4c73668..7b147ac 100644
--- a/dev-python/markdown/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/markdown/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-AUX markdown-2.6.8-dont-build-docs-default.patch 387 BLAKE2B d3ecf07d57d8aae13ecb686ac289d4938ec8e50d643020ccac13b147a5b018a75b32f10ead2dc2bedba309ab6ae3107346ff43155959fdf3e1053e0a9fa13cb8 SHA512 71f7534ce557e061c4f09b9a78aa05fd1e3f16f44c55d5597fa4901c0349f7ec7d0093eab655950812e2cab6d607377d2a15a6583009cb90ae32659c6949cfff
 DIST Markdown-2.6.11.tar.gz 274132 BLAKE2B 0d14d308c97d925db83d71f3b9be5622e77ee4a159fced15c811390b39950e81bff9ffc567f32e878cbc44014640ab0a2f596258cfd0dce6b66029105cec7370 SHA512 4e7dd3e04f181fa2751a359aede301fb29a23b9af74867ff9d1d0fdd051dcd16d04a5891e37aff0b309649c5fd13363802ec7e10fc33896e9453991efcab4a66
-EBUILD markdown-2.6.11.ebuild 1418 BLAKE2B 069ef2bc83d4b18c1a6195e3375c6f86c2e457053dca13f9cc79d5cb02df13ebfebc5103bcecf38dd17b9bb730c12268a24ad67a2c1e4036cef4c0eaf05ae472 SHA512 07330b30f8deab9074d00cb60c5248767535a80d2591833f299db5777427e56ffc68a78fb309ee7fd8ed2de6d1cdbb030823696a2786f7f6cf9447e3d011ad52
+EBUILD markdown-2.6.11.ebuild 1314 BLAKE2B 3f8629efd2ea93f8456afd3c67e5ed2a21b610f9b53e9d833fa279547383bfa4fae081f399e305f5e0ebd61feb7cb61dda5aceb14dfdad2dcc61d121f8c2c284 SHA512 15db3aa0b06e78267838a0d51e1fa0f241ba438dec1597dda80c4296929e560c5197b4595db8e2d7fbd2b7dac736e5d044dcba9bd6a2460b19473d3322780246
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diff --git a/dev-python/markdown/files/markdown-2.6.8-dont-build-docs-default.patch b/dev-python/markdown/files/markdown-2.6.8-dont-build-docs-default.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 65b7d21..0000000
--- a/dev-python/markdown/files/markdown-2.6.8-dont-build-docs-default.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Don't build docs by default, which causes issues when trying
-to remove .txt files, as they will be readded on installing.
-
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
- 
-     def initialize_options(self):
-         build.initialize_options(self)
--        self.no_build_docs = False
-+        self.no_build_docs = True
- 
-     def has_docs(self):
-         return not self.no_build_docs
diff --git a/dev-python/markdown/markdown-2.6.11.ebuild b/dev-python/markdown/markdown-2.6.11.ebuild
index f68d62e..305ed33 100644
--- a/dev-python/markdown/markdown-2.6.11.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/markdown/markdown-2.6.11.ebuild
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="pygments? ( dev-python/pygments[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${P^}"
-PATCHES=(
-	# build system always builds docs
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.6.8-dont-build-docs-default.patch
-)
 
 python_compile_all() {
 	if use doc; then