diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
index 0affa1bded..508d10e091 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc
@@ -691,7 +691,6 @@ RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml = "Tim Orling <tim.or
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-sphinxcontrib-jsmath = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-sphinxcontrib-applehelp = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-sphinx-rtd-theme = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
-RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-strict-rfc3339 = "Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@gmail.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-subunit = "Oleksandr Kravchuk <open.source@oleksandr-kravchuk.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-testtools = "Oleksandr Kravchuk <open.source@oleksandr-kravchuk.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-python3-toml = "Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-strict-rfc3339/0001-setup.py-use-vendored-_distutils.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-strict-rfc3339/0001-setup.py-use-vendored-_distutils.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ba1c3d3363..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-strict-rfc3339/0001-setup.py-use-vendored-_distutils.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-From 857719e82daea0d85b734cac34cf569050724068 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>
-Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 20:26:51 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH] setup.py: use vendored _distutils
-
-Deprecation warning of distutils is interferring with bdist_wheel build.
-
-For now, use the vendored setuptools._distutils.core.
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending [upstream appears unmaintained]
-
-Signed-off-by: Tim Orling <tim.orling@konsulko.com>
----
- setup.py | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 1bf87cf..a49fb8e 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- import os.path
--from distutils.core import setup
-+from setuptools._distutils.core import setup
- 
- readme_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.md')
- readme = open(readme_file).read()
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-strict-rfc3339_0.7.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-strict-rfc3339_0.7.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index c377c3bfb0..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-strict-rfc3339_0.7.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Strict, simple, lightweight RFC3339 function.s"
-HOMEPAGE = "https://pypi.org/project/strict-rfc3339/"
-LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-only"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=8f0e2cd40e05189ec81232da84bd6e1a"
-
-SRC_URI += "file://0001-setup.py-use-vendored-_distutils.patch"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5cad17bedfc3af57b399db0fed32771f18fc54bbd917e85546088607ac5e1277"
-
-inherit pypi setuptools3
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"