diff --git a/gettext-msgmerge-for-msgfmt.patch b/gettext-msgmerge-for-msgfmt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ba85080..0000000
--- a/gettext-msgmerge-for-msgfmt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-From 2336451ed68d91ff4b5ae1acbc1eca30e47a86a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
-Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 13:10:06 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] msgmerge: Fix behaviour of --for-msgfmt on PO files with no
- translations.
-
-Reported by Don Lawrence <dlawrence@iecok.com>
-in <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/p11-glue/2019-May/000700.html>
-via Daiki Ueno
-in <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gettext/2019-05/msg00124.html>.
-
-* gettext-tools/src/msgmerge.c (main): Treat force_po like true if for_msgfmt
-is true.
-* gettext-tools/tests/msgmerge-26: Add test of PO file with no translations.
----
- gettext-tools/src/msgmerge.c    |  4 ++--
- gettext-tools/tests/msgmerge-26 | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
- 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/gettext-tools/src/msgmerge.c b/gettext-tools/src/msgmerge.c
-index cd762c029..92c9b7a8e 100644
---- a/gettext-tools/src/msgmerge.c
-+++ b/gettext-tools/src/msgmerge.c
-@@ -520,8 +520,8 @@ There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n\
-   else
-     {
-       /* Write the merged message list out.  */
--      msgdomain_list_print (result, output_file, output_syntax, force_po,
--                            false);
-+      msgdomain_list_print (result, output_file, output_syntax,
-+                            for_msgfmt || force_po, false);
-     }
- 
-   exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
-diff --git a/gettext-tools/tests/msgmerge-26 b/gettext-tools/tests/msgmerge-26
-index cd3862e33..b86f7a073 100755
---- a/gettext-tools/tests/msgmerge-26
-+++ b/gettext-tools/tests/msgmerge-26
-@@ -73,7 +73,37 @@ msgstr "Papaya"
- EOF
- 
- : ${DIFF=diff}
--${DIFF} mm-test26.ok mm-test26.out
--result=$?
-+${DIFF} mm-test26.ok mm-test26.out || Exit 1
- 
--exit $result
-+# Test with a PO file that has no translated messages.
-+
-+cat <<\EOF > mm-test26a.in1
-+msgid ""
-+msgstr ""
-+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-+
-+msgid "Hello world"
-+msgstr "Hallo Welt"
-+EOF
-+
-+cat <<\EOF > mm-test26a.in2
-+msgid ""
-+msgstr ""
-+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ASCII\n"
-+
-+msgid "Hello, world!"
-+msgstr ""
-+EOF
-+
-+: ${MSGMERGE=msgmerge}
-+${MSGMERGE} --for-msgfmt -o mm-test26a.tmp mm-test26a.in1 mm-test26a.in2 \
-+    || Exit 1
-+LC_ALL=C tr -d '\r' < mm-test26a.tmp > mm-test26a.out || Exit 1
-+
-+cat <<\EOF > mm-test26a.ok
-+msgid ""
-+msgstr "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
-+EOF
-+
-+: ${DIFF=diff}
-+${DIFF} mm-test26a.ok mm-test26a.out || Exit 1
--- 
-2.21.0
-
diff --git a/gettext.spec b/gettext.spec
index 94b7327..86c3db1 100644
--- a/gettext.spec
+++ b/gettext.spec
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ Source: https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source2: msghack.py
 Source3: msghack.1
 
-# this patch has merged upstream
-# Patch1: gettext-msgmerge-for-msgfmt.patch
-
 # https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2020-07/msg00195.html
 Patch1: gettext-0.21-gnulib-perror-tests.patch
 Patch2: gettext-0.21-disable-libtextstyle.patch