--- eric4-4.5.10/install.py
+++ eric4-4.5.10/install.py
@@ -1053,12 +1053,6 @@
                     (v[0], v[1], v[2])
                 print "    with foreign characters. Please see 'README-PyXML.txt' for"
                 print "    details."
-                try:
-                    res = raw_input("    Shall pyXML be patched now (y/n)? ")
-                    if res in ["Y", "y"]:
-                        patchPyXML()
-                except EOFError:
-                    pass
     except ImportError:
         pass