diff --git a/0001-iio-Use-event-header-from-kernel-tree.patch b/0001-iio-Use-event-header-from-kernel-tree.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1724db3fd..000000000
--- a/0001-iio-Use-event-header-from-kernel-tree.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-From 0eadbb65c0026fb4eec89c54f6b48a0febd87f92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
-Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 08:19:17 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] iio: Use type header from kernel tree
-MIME-Version: 1.0
-Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
-Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
-To: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
-To: Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@gmx.de>
-To: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
-To: Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@pmeerw.net>
-Cc: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
-Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
-
-
-The iio tools have been updated as new event types have been added to
-the kernel. The tools currently use the standard system headers which
-means that the system may not have the newest defintitions. This leads
-to build failures when building newer tools on older hosts:
-
-gcc -Wall -g -D_GNU_SOURCE   -c -o iio_event_monitor.o
-iio_event_monitor.c
-iio_event_monitor.c:59:3: error: ‘IIO_UVINDEX’ undeclared here (not in a
-function)
-  [IIO_UVINDEX] = "uvindex",
-   ^~~~~~~~~~~
-iio_event_monitor.c:59:3: error: array index in initializer not of
-integer type
-iio_event_monitor.c:59:3: note: (near initialization for
-‘iio_chan_type_name_spec’)
-iio_event_monitor.c:97:3: error: ‘IIO_MOD_LIGHT_UV’ undeclared here (not
-in a function)
-  [IIO_MOD_LIGHT_UV] = "uv",
-   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-iio_event_monitor.c:97:3: error: array index in initializer not of
-integer type
-iio_event_monitor.c:97:3: note: (near initialization for
-‘iio_modifier_names’)
-<builtin>: recipe for target 'iio_event_monitor.o' failed
-
-Switch to using the header from the kernel tree to ensure the newest
-defintions are always picked up.
-
-Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
----
- tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c b/tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c
-index d9b7e0f..f02523d 100644
---- a/tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c
-+++ b/tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
- #include <sys/ioctl.h>
- #include "iio_utils.h"
- #include <linux/iio/events.h>
--#include <linux/iio/types.h>
-+#include "../../include/uapi/linux/iio/types.h"
- 
- static const char * const iio_chan_type_name_spec[] = {
- 	[IIO_VOLTAGE] = "voltage",
--- 
-2.7.4
-
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 55660171f..c0ff52161 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -496,9 +496,6 @@ Source5000: patch-5.%{base_sublevel}-git%{gitrev}.xz
 
 ## compile fixes
 
-# ongoing complaint, full discussion delayed until ksummit/plumbers
-Patch002: 0001-iio-Use-event-header-from-kernel-tree.patch
-
 %if !%{nopatches}
 
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