diff --git a/srcpkgs/hplip/template b/srcpkgs/hplip/template
index fdd6e5a674d..cd7d34a14ce 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hplip/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hplip/template
@@ -25,16 +25,6 @@ desc_option_gui="Build with Qt5 gui support"
 CFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/libusb-1.0 -I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7"
 
 do_configure() {
-	# https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/30085 - hack found in Gentoo
-	# Use system foomatic-rip for hpijs driver instead of foomatic-rip-hplip
-	# The hpcups driver does not use foomatic-rip
-	local i
-	for i in ppd/hpijs/*.ppd.gz ; do
-		rm -f ${i}.temp
-		gunzip -c ${i} | sed 's/foomatic-rip-hplip/foomatic-rip/g' | gzip > ${i}.temp
-		mv ${i}.temp ${i}
-	done
-
 	libtoolize -f
 	autoreconf -fi || true