diff --git a/contrib/build-wine/deterministic.spec b/contrib/build-wine/deterministic.spec
index f03b932b2..0c8196b4c 100644
--- a/contrib/build-wine/deterministic.spec
+++ b/contrib/build-wine/deterministic.spec
@@ -100,13 +100,6 @@ for x in a.datas.copy():
             a.datas.remove(x)
             print('----> Removed x =', x)
 
-# not reproducible (see #7739):
-print("Removing *.dist-info/ from datas:")
-for x in a.datas.copy():
-    if ".dist-info\\" in x[0].lower():
-        a.datas.remove(x)
-        print('----> Removed x =', x)
-
 
 # hotfix for #3171 (pre-Win10 binaries)
 a.binaries = [x for x in a.binaries if not x[1].lower().startswith(r'c:\windows')]