diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-numpy/patches/revert_setuptools_version.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-numpy/patches/revert_setuptools_version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bcc415ae6ba..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-numpy/patches/revert_setuptools_version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From 7ed13c0e43c679dac4575f9911581665c62e6ad2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Andrew J. Hesford" <ajh@sideband.org>
-Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 10:18:42 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Revert "MAINT: Raise RuntimeError if setuptools version is
- too recent."
-
-This reverts commit eb6be7c4765665724cd12431bfefb050ba0f2d4b.
----
- setup.py | 4 ----
- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 06170df51..703fe79e1 100755
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@
- # so that it is in sys.modules
- import numpy.distutils.command.sdist
- import setuptools
--if int(setuptools.__version__.split('.')[0]) >= 60:
--    raise RuntimeError(
--        "Setuptools version is '{}', version < '60.0.0' is required. "
--        "See pyproject.toml".format(setuptools.__version__))
- 
- # Initialize cmdclass from versioneer
- from numpy.distutils.core import numpy_cmdclass
--- 
-2.35.0
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-numpy/template b/srcpkgs/python3-numpy/template
index 6f0fdc7aa6d..51bd23a1ec9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-numpy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-numpy/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://www.numpy.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/numpy/numpy/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=8dfb2aa643bf9bc5b673006f60e2b7bfe4bcecb0686234e6f4902eb0596a32cc
+checksum=3428c3bd846beca1cd4417ebee6eab8bb62e987fc3101e5858d74c92b312d096
 alternatives="numpy:f2py:/usr/bin/f2py3"
 # Tests do not function propery in a build directory
 make_check="no"