diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/deterministic_imports.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/deterministic_imports.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2de6ae2e981..00000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/deterministic_imports.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-From 039d5e652796b55f1132afa568c7432b6ed89afd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
-Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 17:05:44 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] python3: Ensure stale empty python module directories don't
-
-There are two issues here. Firstly, the modules are accessed in on disk order. This
-means behaviour seen on one system might not reproduce on another and is a real headache.
-
-Secondly, empty directories left behind by previous modules might be looked at. This
-has caused a long string of different issues for us.
-
-As a result, patch this to a behaviour which works for us.
-
-Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/120492; need to first talk to upstream to see if they'll take one or both fixes]
-Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
-
----
- Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py | 9 ++++++++-
- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py b/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
-index 82e0ce1..969cac4 100644
---- a/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
-+++ b/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
-@@ -710,7 +710,14 @@ class Lookup:
-         self.infos = FreezableDefaultDict(list)
-         self.eggs = FreezableDefaultDict(list)
- 
--        for child in path.children():
-+        for child in sorted(path.children()):
-+            childpath = pathlib.Path(path.root, child)
-+            try:
-+                if childpath.is_dir() and not any(childpath.iterdir()):
-+                    # Empty directories aren't interesting
-+                    continue
-+            except PermissionError:
-+                continue
-             low = child.lower()
-             if low.endswith((".dist-info", ".egg-info")):
-                 # rpartition is faster than splitext and suitable for this purpose.
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.12.4.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.12.4.bb
index 2fb3af581ce..77bbfaa069e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.12.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.12.4.bb
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ SRC_URI = "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PV}/Python-${PV}.tar.xz \
            file://makerace.patch \
            file://0001-sysconfig.py-use-platlibdir-also-for-purelib.patch \
            file://0001-Lib-pty.py-handle-stdin-I-O-errors-same-way-as-maste.patch \
-           file://deterministic_imports.patch \
            file://0001-Avoid-shebang-overflow-on-python-config.py.patch \
            file://0001-Update-test_sysconfig-for-posix_user-purelib.patch \
            file://0001-skip-no_stdout_fileno-test-due-to-load-variability.patch \