diff --git a/tools/waflib-tar.patch b/tools/waflib-tar.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9858590d56..0000000000
--- a/tools/waflib-tar.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- .waf-1.6.11-06ee4b7efbeab1252ed3b11499834d2a/waflib/Scripting.py~	2016-07-14 16:34:10.741387174 -0400
-+++ .waf-1.6.11-06ee4b7efbeab1252ed3b11499834d2a/waflib/Scripting.py	2016-08-11 11:45:11.833131519 -0400
-@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
- 		return node.abspath()
- 	def add_tar_file(self,x,tar):
- 		p=self.get_tar_path(x)
--		tinfo=tar.gettarinfo(name=p,arcname=self.get_tar_prefix()+'/'+x.path_from(self.base_path))
-+		tinfo=tar.gettarinfo(name=p,arcname=self.get_tar_prefix()+'/'+(x.path_from(self.base_path)).decode ('utf8'))
- 		tinfo.uid=0
- 		tinfo.gid=0
- 		tinfo.uname='root'