diff --git a/staging/patchinstall.py b/staging/patchinstall.py
index a7b8f9db..04e51de8 100755
--- a/staging/patchinstall.py
+++ b/staging/patchinstall.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
 #
 
-import email.header, getopt, os, subprocess, sys, tempfile
+import email.header, getopt, os, subprocess, sys
 
 stagingdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/../'
 patchdir = stagingdir + 'patches'
@@ -52,10 +52,9 @@ Options:
               git-am            use `git am`
               git-am-C1         use `git am -C1`
               git-apply         use `git apply`
-    --no-patchlist              do not generate a patch list (needed for `wine --patches`)
     --ignore-missing            automatically add dependencies, but do not fail
                                 if they are missing or disabled
-    -r, --rebase-mode           alias for --backend=git-am-C1 --no-autoconf --no-patchlist
+    -r, --rebase-mode           alias for --backend=git-am-C1 --no-autoconf
     -d, --destdir=<path>        install to <path> (defaults to current working directory)
     --upstream-commit           print the Wine commit hash and exit
 '''
@@ -156,48 +155,11 @@ def add_patchset(patchlist, name):
         patchlist[name] = deps
         for dep in deps: add_patchset(patchlist, dep)
 
-def generate_patchlist(patchlist):
-    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w') as f:
-        f.write('''From: Wine Staging Team <webmaster@fds-team.de>
-Subject: Autogenerated patch list.
-
-diff --git a/libs/wine/config.c b/libs/wine/config.c
-index 5262c76..0a3182f 100644
---- a/libs/wine/config.c
-+++ b/libs/wine/config.c
-@@ -478,10 +478,''' + str(21 + patch_data.count('\n')) + ''' @@ const char *wine_get_version(void)
-     return PACKAGE_VERSION;
- }
- 
-+static const struct
-+{
-+    const char *author;
-+    const char *subject;
-+    int revision;
-+}
-+wine_patch_data[] =
-+{
-''' + patch_data + '''+    {NULL, NULL, 0}
-+};
-+
- /* return the applied non-standard patches */
- const void *wine_get_patches(void)
- {
--    return NULL;
-+    return &wine_patch_data[0];
- }
- 
- /* return the build id string */
-''')
-        f.flush()
-        apply_patch(f.name)
-
 def main():
     global backend, force_autoconf, winedir
     patchlist = {}
     excluded = []
     no_autoconf = False
-    no_patchlist = False
     ignore_missing = False
 
     try:
@@ -209,7 +171,6 @@ def main():
                  'ignore-missing',
                  'help',
                  'no-autoconf',
-                 'no-patchlist',
                  'upstream-commit',
                  'version'])
     except getopt.GetoptError as err:
@@ -228,7 +189,6 @@ def main():
             sys.exit(0)
         elif o == '-r' or o == '--rebase-mode':
             no_autoconf = True
-            no_patchlist = True
             backend = "git-am-C1"
         elif o == '-W' or o == '--exclude':
             excluded.append(a)
@@ -247,8 +207,6 @@ def main():
             no_autoconf = True
         elif o == '--force-autoconf':
             force_autoconf = True
-        elif o == '--no-patchlist':
-            no_patchlist = True
         elif o == '--ignore-missing':
             ignore_missing = True
         elif o == '--upstream-commit':
@@ -285,9 +243,6 @@ def main():
         if not apply_set(patchlist, p):
             sys.exit(1)
 
-    if 'Staging' in patchlist and not no_patchlist:
-        generate_patchlist(patchlist)
-
     if not no_autoconf and not force_autoconf:
         run(['autoreconf','-f'],cwd=winedir)
         run(['./tools/make_requests'],cwd=winedir)