diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/dateutil/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/dateutil/__init__.py
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index 3367f8d145..0000000000
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/dateutil/__init__.py
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@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-from pythonforandroid.recipe import PythonRecipe
-
-
-class DateutilRecipe(PythonRecipe):
-    name = 'dateutil'
-    version = '2.6.0'
-    url = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/51/fc/39a3fbde6864942e8bb24c93663734b74e281b984d1b8c4f95d64b0c21f6/python-dateutil-2.6.0.tar.gz'
-
-    depends = ["setuptools"]
-    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False
-    install_in_hostpython = True
-
-
-recipe = DateutilRecipe()