diff --git a/centos_iso_image.inc b/centos_iso_image.inc
index ea159fcb6..2f8838890 100644
--- a/centos_iso_image.inc
+++ b/centos_iso_image.inc
@@ -268,9 +268,6 @@ puppet
 systemd
 systemd-config
 
-# python-gunicorn
-python2-gunicorn
-
 # tboot
 tboot
 
diff --git a/centos_pkg_dirs b/centos_pkg_dirs
index 95856284c..f51a6ba6b 100644
--- a/centos_pkg_dirs
+++ b/centos_pkg_dirs
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ python/python-eventlet
 python/python-requests
 base/systemd
 base/systemd-config
-python/python-gunicorn
 storage-drivers/python-3parclient
 storage-drivers/python-lefthandclient
 security/tboot
diff --git a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/build_srpm.data b/python/python-gunicorn/centos/build_srpm.data
deleted file mode 100644
index 8aeb55368..000000000
--- a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/build_srpm.data
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-TIS_PATCH_VER=1
diff --git a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/meta_patches/0001-TIS-gunicorn-19-upgrade.patch b/python/python-gunicorn/centos/meta_patches/0001-TIS-gunicorn-19-upgrade.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d7fb34750..000000000
--- a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/meta_patches/0001-TIS-gunicorn-19-upgrade.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-From 64d535d3cb2589c36a679ea71e2331e650dde4bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Prajeesh Murukan <prajeesh.murukan@windriver.com>
-Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 12:37:05 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] WRS: 0001-TIS-gunicorn-19-upgrade.patch
-  CGTS-6825 (Continual growth of memory consumption by public keystone-ap) 
-  Fix :gunicorn upgrade to 19.7.1 v
-
-
----
- SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec b/SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec
-index b06c1c7..4c19cd5 100644
---- a/SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec
-+++ b/SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
- 
- Name:           python-%{upstream_name}
- Version:        19.7.1
--Release:        1%{?dist}
-+Release:        1.el7%{?_tis_dist}.%{tis_patch_ver}
- Summary:        Python WSGI application server
- License:        MIT
- URL:            http://gunicorn.org/
-@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Patch1:         deprecate-gaiohttp-worker.patch
- Patch101:       0001-use-dev-log-for-syslog.patch
- # upstream version requirements are unnecessarily strict
- Patch102:       0002-relax-version-requirements.patch
-+
- BuildArch:      noarch
- 
- %description
-@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python2-pytest
- BuildRequires:  python2-mock
- BuildRequires:  python2-pytest-cov
- BuildRequires:  python2-sphinx
--BuildRequires:  python2-sphinx_rtd_theme
-+BuildRequires:  python-sphinx_rtd_theme
- Requires:       python2-setuptools
- 
- %description -n python2-%{upstream_name}
-@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ Gunicorn ("Green Unicorn") is a Python WSGI HTTP server for UNIX. It uses the
- pre-fork worker model, ported from Ruby's Unicorn project. It supports WSGI, 
- Django, and Paster applications.
- 
-+%if 0%{?with_python3}
- %package -n python3-%{upstream_name}
- Summary:        %{summary}
- %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{upstream_name}}
-@@ -47,11 +49,14 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
- BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
- BuildRequires:  python3-pytest-cov
- Requires:       python3-setuptools
-+%endif
- 
-+%if 0%{?with_python3}
- %description -n python3-%{upstream_name}
- Gunicorn ("Green Unicorn") is a Python WSGI HTTP server for UNIX. It uses the 
- pre-fork worker model, ported from Ruby's Unicorn project. It supports WSGI, 
- Django, and Paster applications.
-+%endif
- 
- %package doc
- Summary:        Documentation for the %{name} package
-@@ -67,23 +72,33 @@ Documentation for the %{name} package.
- 
- %build
- %py2_build
-+
-+%if 0%{?with_python3}
- %py3_build
-+%endif
-+
- %{__python2} setup.py build_sphinx
- 
- %install
-+%if 0%{?with_python3}
- %py3_install
- # rename executables in /usr/bin so they don't collide
- for executable in %{upstream_name} %{upstream_name}_paster ; do
-     mv %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/$executable %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/python3-$executable
- done
-+%endif
-+
- %py2_install
- # need to remove gaiohttp worker from the Python 2 version, it is supported on 
- # Python 3 only and it fails byte compilation on 2.x due to using "yield from"
- rm %{buildroot}%{python2_sitelib}/%{upstream_name}/workers/_gaiohttp.py*
- 
- %check
--%{__python2} setup.py test
-+#%{__python2} setup.py test
-+
-+%if 0%{?with_python3}
- %{__python3} setup.py test
-+%endif
- 
- %files -n python2-%{upstream_name}
- %license LICENSE
-@@ -92,12 +107,14 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{python2_sitelib}/%{upstream_name}/workers/_gaiohttp.py*
- %{_bindir}/%{upstream_name}
- %{_bindir}/%{upstream_name}_paster
- 
-+%if 0%{?with_python3}
- %files -n python3-%{upstream_name}
- %license LICENSE
- %doc NOTICE README.rst THANKS
- %{python3_sitelib}/%{upstream_name}*
- %{_bindir}/python3-%{upstream_name}
- %{_bindir}/python3-%{upstream_name}_paster
-+%endif
- 
- %files doc
- %license LICENSE
--- 
-1.8.3.1
-i
diff --git a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/meta_patches/0001-TIS-packaging.patch b/python/python-gunicorn/centos/meta_patches/0001-TIS-packaging.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index eadc82978..000000000
--- a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/meta_patches/0001-TIS-packaging.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 1f7502ce81b5b662728a21618009802f4bfa47d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Giao Le <giao.le@windriver.com>
-Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 15:27:34 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH 1/1] TIS packaging
-
----
- SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec b/SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec
-index 2da7590..86b6667 100644
---- a/SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec
-+++ b/SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec
-@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
- 
- Name:           python-%{upstream_name}
- Version:        18.0
--Release:        2%{?dist}
-+Release:        2.el7%{?_tis_dist}.%{tis_patch_ver}
- Summary:        Python WSGI application server
- 
- Group:          System Environment/Daemons
--- 
-1.8.3.1
-
diff --git a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/meta_patches/0001-add-worker-abort-patch.patch b/python/python-gunicorn/centos/meta_patches/0001-add-worker-abort-patch.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b57db293..000000000
--- a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/meta_patches/0001-add-worker-abort-patch.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-From b0ad59c3a7992b5f171e8252cd02d1d207601f6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Giao Le <giao.le@windriver.com>
-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:53:18 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH 1/1] add-worker-work-patch
-
----
- SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec | 2 ++
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec b/SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec
-index 86b6667..acd6b90 100644
---- a/SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec
-+++ b/SPECS/python-gunicorn.spec
-@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ URL:            http://gunicorn.org/
- Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/g/%{upstream_name}/%{upstream_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
- # distro-specific, not upstreamable
- Patch100:       %{name}-dev-log.patch
-+Patch200:	0001-add-worker-abort-hook.patch
- 
- BuildArch:      noarch
- BuildRequires:  python2-devel
-@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ Django, and Paster applications.
- %prep
- %setup -q -n %{upstream_name}-%{version}
- %patch100 -p1
-+%patch200 -p1
- 
- %if 0%{?with_python3}
- rm -rf %{py3dir}
--- 
-1.8.3.1
-
diff --git a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/meta_patches/PATCH_ORDER b/python/python-gunicorn/centos/meta_patches/PATCH_ORDER
deleted file mode 100644
index 108d333f4..000000000
--- a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/meta_patches/PATCH_ORDER
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0001-TIS-gunicorn-19-upgrade.patch
diff --git a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/patches/0001-add-worker-abort-hook.patch b/python/python-gunicorn/centos/patches/0001-add-worker-abort-hook.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b4ddbc6b7..000000000
--- a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/patches/0001-add-worker-abort-hook.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-From d78a84dc692f708afd90df3409f9e264c22231dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Giao Le <giao.le@windriver.com>
-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:18:14 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH 1/1] add worker abort hook
-
----
- gunicorn/arbiter.py      |  9 +++++++--
- gunicorn/config.py       | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
- gunicorn/workers/base.py |  7 +++++++
- 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/gunicorn/arbiter.py b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
-index b48e5b7..4d2daad 100644
---- a/gunicorn/arbiter.py
-+++ b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
-@@ -429,8 +429,13 @@ class Arbiter(object):
-             except ValueError:
-                 continue
- 
--            self.log.critical("WORKER TIMEOUT (pid:%s)", pid)
--            self.kill_worker(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
-+            if not worker.aborted:
-+                self.log.critical("WORKER TIMEOUT (pid:%s)", pid)
-+                worker.aborted = True
-+                self.kill_worker(pid, signal.SIGABRT)
-+            else:
-+                self.kill_worker(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
-+
- 
-     def reap_workers(self):
-         """\
-diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
-index efcc449..3aec7ae 100644
---- a/gunicorn/config.py
-+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
-@@ -1282,6 +1282,24 @@ class PostWorkerInit(Setting):
-         """
- 
- 
-+class WorkerAbort(Setting):
-+    name = "worker_abort"
-+    section = "Server Hooks"
-+    validator = validate_callable(1)
-+    type = six.callable
-+
-+    def worker_abort(worker):
-+        pass
-+
-+    default = staticmethod(worker_abort)
-+    desc = """\
-+        Called when a worker received the SIGABRT signal.
-+        This call generally happens on timeout.
-+        The callable needs to accept one instance variable for the initialized
-+        Worker.
-+        """
-+
-+
- class PreExec(Setting):
-     name = "pre_exec"
-     section = "Server Hooks"
-diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/base.py b/gunicorn/workers/base.py
-index 5566dd1..af785a1 100644
---- a/gunicorn/workers/base.py
-+++ b/gunicorn/workers/base.py
-@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class Worker(object):
-         self.timeout = timeout
-         self.cfg = cfg
-         self.booted = False
-+        self.aborted = False
- 
-         self.nr = 0
-         self.max_requests = cfg.max_requests or MAXSIZE
-@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ class Worker(object):
-         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.handle_exit)
-         signal.signal(signal.SIGWINCH, self.handle_winch)
-         signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR1, self.handle_usr1)
-+        signal.signal(signal.SIGABRT, self.handle_abort)
-         # Don't let SIGQUIT and SIGUSR1 disturb active requests
-         # by interrupting system calls
-         if hasattr(signal, 'siginterrupt'):  # python >= 2.6
-@@ -202,3 +204,8 @@ class Worker(object):
-     def handle_winch(self, sig, fname):
-         # Ignore SIGWINCH in worker. Fixes a crash on OpenBSD.
-         return
-+
-+    def handle_abort(self, sig, frame):
-+        self.alive = False
-+        self.cfg.worker_abort(self)
-+        sys.exit(1)
--- 
-1.8.3.1
-
diff --git a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/srpm_path b/python/python-gunicorn/centos/srpm_path
deleted file mode 100644
index 341ecdaf1..000000000
--- a/python/python-gunicorn/centos/srpm_path
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-mirror:Source/python-gunicorn-19.7.1-1.fc27.src.rpm