diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ujson/0001-setup.py-Do-not-strip-debugging-symbols.patch b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ujson/0001-setup.py-Do-not-strip-debugging-symbols.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ba8ada556..0000000000
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ujson/0001-setup.py-Do-not-strip-debugging-symbols.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-From aec3b64b0aaea0178b44ea65a204d76696e6a45e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Leon Anavi <leon.anavi@konsulko.com>
-Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 14:04:28 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] setup.py: Do not strip debugging symbols
-
-Do not strip debugging symbols from Linux binaries to avoid
-bitbake build errors related to already-stripped.
-
-Signed-off-by: Leon Anavi <leon.anavi@konsulko.com>
----
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
- setup.py | 8 +-------
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index b98963b..d42f07a 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -19,13 +19,7 @@ if not dconv_libs:
-     dconv_source_files.extend(glob("./deps/double-conversion/double-conversion/*.cc"))
- dconv_source_files.append("./lib/dconv_wrapper.cc")
- 
--if platform.system() == "Linux" and environ.get("UJSON_BUILD_NO_STRIP", "0") not in (
--    "1",
--    "True",
--):
--    strip_flags = ["-Wl,--strip-all"]
--else:
--    strip_flags = []
-+strip_flags = []
- 
- module1 = Extension(
-     "ujson",
--- 
-2.25.1
-
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ujson_5.10.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ujson_5.10.0.bb
index c64c800626..18ce5cc301 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ujson_5.10.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-ujson_5.10.0.bb
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b3cd8f3c5d8c7738257f1018880444f7b7d9b66232c64649f562d7ba86
 
 inherit pypi ptest setuptools3
 
-SRC_URI += " \
-    file://run-ptest \
-    file://0001-setup.py-Do-not-strip-debugging-symbols.patch \
-"
+# let OE do the strip operation
+export UJSON_BUILD_NO_STRIP = "1"
 
 DEPENDS += "python3-setuptools-scm-native"
 
+SRC_URI += " \
+    file://run-ptest \
+"
+
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "\
     python3-datetime \
     python3-numbers \