diff --git a/gettext.spec b/gettext.spec
index bc95f5b..333e86c 100644
--- a/gettext.spec
+++ b/gettext.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source2: msghack.py
 Source3: msghack.1
-Patch0: gettext-no-strict-header-check.patch
 # removal of openmp.m4
 BuildRequires: autoconf >= 2.62
 BuildRequires: automake
@@ -135,7 +134,6 @@ Emacs.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1 -b .gettext-no-strict-header-check
 
 
 %build