diff --git a/ci/travis/conda/meta.yaml.patch b/ci/travis/conda/meta.yaml.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 96047817d95b..000000000000
--- a/ci/travis/conda/meta.yaml.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
-index f3afcef..eb825ae 100644
---- a/recipe/meta.yaml
-+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
-@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ requirements:
-     - {{ stdlib("c") }}
-     - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
-     - swig
-+    - setuptools
-   host:
-     - blosc
-     - expat
-@@ -614,6 +615,7 @@ outputs:
-         - python                                 # [build_platform != target_platform]
-         - cross-python_{{ target_platform }}     # [build_platform != target_platform]
-         - numpy                                  # [build_platform != target_platform]
-+        - setuptools
-         - swig
-       host:
-         - python
-@@ -623,6 +625,7 @@ outputs:
-         - libkml-devel
-         - libxml2
-         - expat
-+        - setuptools
-       run:
-         - python
-         - libgdal-core {{ version }}.*
diff --git a/ci/travis/conda/setup.sh b/ci/travis/conda/setup.sh
index 7101ef18cb11..2989fe47ef37 100755
--- a/ci/travis/conda/setup.sh
+++ b/ci/travis/conda/setup.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ git clone  https://github.com/conda-forge/gdal-feedstock.git
 
 cd gdal-feedstock
 
-patch -p1 < ../ci/travis/conda/meta.yaml.patch
 patch -p1 < ../ci/travis/conda/install_python.sh.patch
 
 cat > recipe/recipe_clobber.yaml <<EOL