diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock/setuptools.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock/setuptools.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c375e10f75..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock/setuptools.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Switch to setuptools as distutils is deprecated.
-
-Upstream-Status: Backport [https://pagure.io/sanlock/c/75758fc10db2354dda397d3aba63c7b72a420982]
-Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
-
-diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
-index b3bfaf1..dfbaf21 100644
---- a/python/setup.py
-+++ b/python/setup.py
-@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
- # modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
- # of the GNU General Public License v.2.
- 
--from distutils.core import setup, Extension
-+from setuptools import setup, Extension
- 
- sanlocklib = ['sanlock']
- sanlock = Extension(name='sanlock',
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock_3.8.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock_3.8.5.bb
similarity index 95%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock_3.8.4.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock_3.8.5.bb
index a59a5c41df..ce289a0d8e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock_3.8.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/sanlock/sanlock_3.8.5.bb
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ PV .= "+git${SRCPV}"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://pagure.io/sanlock.git;protocol=http;branch=master \
            file://0001-sanlock-Replace-cp-a-with-cp-R-no-dereference-preser.patch \
-           file://setuptools.patch \
           "
-SRCREV = "a181e951376d49a82eef17920c8ebedec80b4823"
+SRCREV = "b820c63093c4ae85d7da4f719cf3026d7fca5d09"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"