diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-smbus/0001-Use-setuptools-as-distutils-is-deprecated.patch b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-smbus/0001-Use-setuptools-as-distutils-is-deprecated.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6aafd6a952..0000000000
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-smbus/0001-Use-setuptools-as-distutils-is-deprecated.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://lore.kernel.org/linux-i2c/20220114134910.3994688-1-ross.burton@arm.com/T/#u]
-Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
-
-From fa522a9a390b1857a58ec1f55da1465c542fd106 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:38:34 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] Use setuptools as distutils is deprecated
-
-Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
----
- py-smbus/setup.py | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/py-smbus/setup.py b/py-smbus/setup.py
-index 28a4500..26db33a 100644
---- a/py-smbus/setup.py
-+++ b/py-smbus/setup.py
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- #!/usr/bin/env python
- 
--from distutils.core import setup, Extension
-+from setuptools import setup, Extension
- 
- setup(	name="smbus",
- 	version="1.1",
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-smbus_4.3.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-smbus_4.4.bb
similarity index 58%
rename from meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-smbus_4.3.bb
rename to meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-smbus_4.4.bb
index 4eb2037c5b..f47a9e9c27 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-smbus_4.3.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-smbus_4.4.bb
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 SUMMARY = "Set of i2c tools for linux - Python module"
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://py-smbus/smbusmodule.c;beginline=1;endline=18;md5=46e424fb045901ab25e0f92c28c80055"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://py-smbus/smbusmodule.c;beginline=1;endline=13;md5=66de33a36142d8c0e706898f7d05b3fd"
 
-SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/software/utils/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-${PV}.tar.gz \
-           file://0001-Use-setuptools-as-distutils-is-deprecated.patch \
-           "
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "eec464e42301d93586cbeca3845ed61bff40f560670e5b35baec57301d438148"
+SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/software/utils/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-${PV}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "04d1e3b0cd88df8fb96e7709f374dd0b3561191b4c0363eaf873a074b8b7cb22"
 
 DEPENDS += "i2c-tools"