diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/tasks/main.yml
index b28b95691f..cdbb31b9fb 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@
   - packages
   - fedmsg/gateway
 
-- name: Apply fixing patch
-  patch: src=fixup.patch dest=/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/fedmsg/consumers/__init__.py
-  tags:
-  - packages
-  - fedmsg/gateway
-  - patch
-
 - name: ensure that nrpe has rights to monitor us
   file: >
     dest=/var/run/fedmsg/monitoring-fedmsg-gateway.socket