diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/doubleratchet/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/doubleratchet/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e93044bf1..0000000000
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/doubleratchet/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-from pythonforandroid.recipe import PythonRecipe
-
-
-class DoubleRatchetRecipe(PythonRecipe):
-    name = 'doubleratchet'
-    version = '0.4.0'
-    url = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/D/DoubleRatchet/DoubleRatchet-{version}.tar.gz'
-    depends = [
-        'setuptools',
-        'cryptography',
-    ]
-    patches = ['requires_fix.patch']
-    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
-
-
-recipe = DoubleRatchetRecipe()
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/doubleratchet/requires_fix.patch b/pythonforandroid/recipes/doubleratchet/requires_fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c4a7a0ce1..0000000000
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/doubleratchet/requires_fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN DoubleRatchet.ori/setup.py DoubleRatchet/setup.py
---- DoubleRatchet.ori/setup.py	2018-10-28 18:55:16.259540354 +0100
-+++ DoubleRatchet/setup.py	2018-10-28 18:55:39.349541117 +0100
-@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
-     author_email = "tim@cifg.io",
-     license = "MIT",
-     packages = find_packages(),
--    install_requires = [ "cryptography>=1.7.1" ],
-+    install_requires = [],
-     python_requires  = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, <4",
-     zip_safe = True,
-     classifiers = [