diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-dateutil/patches/use-system-zoneinfo.patch b/srcpkgs/python-dateutil/patches/use-system-zoneinfo.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 28cb21ab300..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python-dateutil/patches/use-system-zoneinfo.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-diff -up dateutil/zoneinfo/__init__.py\~ dateutil/zoneinfo/__init__.py
---- dateutil/zoneinfo/__init__.py~	2005-12-22 19:13:50.000000000 +0100
-+++ dateutil/zoneinfo/__init__.py	2011-08-17 15:24:29.019214748 +0200
-@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ __all__ = ["setcachesize", "gettz", "reb
- 
- CACHE = []
- CACHESIZE = 10
-+USE_SYSTEM_ZONEINFO = True # XXX configure at build time
- 
- class tzfile(tzfile):
-     def __reduce__(self):
-@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ def getzoneinfofile():
-             return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), entry)
-     return None
- 
--ZONEINFOFILE = getzoneinfofile()
-+ZONEINFOFILE = getzoneinfofile() if USE_SYSTEM_ZONEINFO else None
-+ZONEINFODIR = (os.getenv("TZDIR") or "/usr/share/zoneinfo").rstrip(os.sep)
- 
- del getzoneinfofile
- 
-@@ -39,22 +40,37 @@ def setcachesize(size):
-     del CACHE[size:]
- 
- def gettz(name):
--    tzinfo = None
--    if ZONEINFOFILE:
--        for cachedname, tzinfo in CACHE:
--            if cachedname == name:
--                break
-+    for cachedname, tzinfo in CACHE:
-+        if cachedname == name:
-+            return tzinfo
-+
-+    name_parts = name.lstrip('/').split('/')
-+    for part in name_parts:
-+        if part == os.path.pardir or os.path.sep in part:
-+            raise ValueError('Bad path segment: %r' % part)
-+    filename = os.path.join(ZONEINFODIR, *name_parts)
-+    try:
-+        zonefile = open(filename, "rb")
-+    except:
-+        tzinfo = None
-+    else:
-+        tzinfo = tzfile(zonefile)
-+        zonefile.close()
-+
-+    if tzinfo is None and ZONEINFOFILE:
-+        tf = TarFile.open(ZONEINFOFILE)
-+        try:
-+            zonefile = tf.extractfile(name)
-+        except KeyError:
-+            tzinfo = None
-         else:
--            tf = TarFile.open(ZONEINFOFILE)
--            try:
--                zonefile = tf.extractfile(name)
--            except KeyError:
--                tzinfo = None
--            else:
--                tzinfo = tzfile(zonefile)
--            tf.close()
--            CACHE.insert(0, (name, tzinfo))
--            del CACHE[CACHESIZE:]
-+            tzinfo = tzfile(zonefile)
-+        tf.close()
-+
-+    if tzinfo is not None:
-+        CACHE.insert(0, (name, tzinfo))
-+        del CACHE[CACHESIZE:]
-+
-     return tzinfo
- 
- def rebuild(filename, tag=None, format="gz"):
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-dateutil/template b/srcpkgs/python-dateutil/template
index bcfbc02de2f..3ae34c8a249 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-dateutil/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-dateutil/template
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 # Template file for 'python-dateutil'
 pkgname=python-dateutil
-version=2.2
+version=2.4.1
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
-build_style="python-module"
+build_style=python-module
 python_versions="2.7 3.4"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
-makedepends="python-devel python3.4-devel python-six python3.4-six"
-depends="python python-six tzdata"
+depends="python-six tzdata"
 pycompile_module="dateutil"
 short_desc="Extensions to the standard Python2 datetime module"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
-homepage="http://labix.org/python-dateutil/"
+homepage="https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil"
 license="BSD"
-distfiles="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=eec865307ebe7f329a6a9945c15453265a449cdaaf3710340828a1934d53e468
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=23fd0a7c228d9c298c562245290a3f82999586c87aae71250f95f9894cb22c7c
 
 pre_build() {
-	sed -i -e '/package_data/d;/include_package_data/d' setup.py
+	# don't install zoneinfo tarball
+	sed -i '/package_data=/d' setup.py
 }
 
 python3.4-dateutil_package() {
 	noarch=yes
-	depends="python3.4 python3.4-six tzdata"
+	depends="python3.4-six tzdata"
 	pycompile_version="3.4"
 	pycompile_module="dateutil"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"