diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pytz_deprecation_shim/patches/tzdata.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-pytz_deprecation_shim/patches/tzdata.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 672b27945d4..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pytz_deprecation_shim/patches/tzdata.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/setup.cfg
-+++ b/setup.cfg
-@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ packages = pytz_deprecation_shim
- install_requires =
-     backports.zoneinfo;python_version>="3.6" and python_version<"3.9"
-     python-dateutil;python_version<"3.6"
--    tzdata;python_version>="3.6"
- python_requires = >=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, !=3.5.*
- package_dir =
-     =src
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pytz_deprecation_shim/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pytz_deprecation_shim/template
index d2419e73c97..0110ce547e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pytz_deprecation_shim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pytz_deprecation_shim/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-pytz_deprecation_shim'
 pkgname=python3-pytz_deprecation_shim
 version=0.1.0
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="python3-wheel"
-depends="python3"
+depends="python3 tzdata"
 checkdepends="python3-pytz python3-attrs python3-hypothesis python3-pytest-xdist"
 short_desc="Shims to make deprecation of pytz easier"
 maintainer="icp <pangolin@vivaldi.net>"