diff --git a/debian/patches/no_install_with_pip b/debian/patches/no_install_with_pip
deleted file mode 100644
index 654656f596..0000000000
--- a/debian/patches/no_install_with_pip
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-Index: package-synapse-debian/synapse/app/__init__.py
-===================================================================
---- package-synapse-debian.orig/synapse/app/__init__.py
-+++ package-synapse-debian/synapse/app/__init__.py
-@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ try:
- except python_dependencies.MissingRequirementError as e:
- message = "\n".join([
- "Missing Requirement: %s" % (str(e),),
-- "To install run:",
-- " pip install --upgrade --force \"%s\"" % (e.dependency,),
-+ "To install, try:",
-+ " sudo apt-get install python-%s" % (e.dependency,),
- "",
- ])
- sys.stderr.writelines(message)
-Index: package-synapse-debian/synapse/config/jwt_config.py
-===================================================================
---- package-synapse-debian.orig/synapse/config/jwt_config.py
-+++ package-synapse-debian/synapse/config/jwt_config.py
-@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ MISSING_JWT = (
- """Missing jwt library. This is required for jwt login.
-
- Install by running:
-- pip install pyjwt
-+ sudo apt-get install python-jwt
- """
- )
-
-Index: package-synapse-debian/synapse/config/repository.py
-===================================================================
---- package-synapse-debian.orig/synapse/config/repository.py
-+++ package-synapse-debian/synapse/config/repository.py
-@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ MISSING_LXML = (
- """Missing lxml library. This is required for URL preview API.
-
- Install by running:
-- pip install lxml
--
-- Requires libxslt1-dev system package.
-+ sudo apt-get install python-lxml
- """
- )
-
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