diff --git a/Revert-userns-Allow-unprivileged-users-to-create-use.patch b/Revert-userns-Allow-unprivileged-users-to-create-use.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cea6bff01..000000000
--- a/Revert-userns-Allow-unprivileged-users-to-create-use.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-Bugzilla: 917708
-Upstream-status: Fedora mustard
-
-From e3da68be55914bfeedb8866f191cc0958579611d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>
-Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:21:18 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Revert "userns: Allow unprivileged users to create user
- namespaces."
-
-This reverts commit 5eaf563e53294d6696e651466697eb9d491f3946.
-
-Conflicts:
-	kernel/fork.c
----
- kernel/fork.c | 13 +++++++++++++
- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
-index f6d11fc..e04c9a7 100644
---- a/kernel/fork.c
-+++ b/kernel/fork.c
-@@ -1573,6 +1573,19 @@ long do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
- 	long nr;
- 
- 	/*
-+	 * Do some preliminary argument and permissions checking before we
-+	 * actually start allocating stuff
-+	 */
-+	if (clone_flags & CLONE_NEWUSER) {
-+		/* hopefully this check will go away when userns support is
-+		 * complete
-+		 */
-+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_SETUID) ||
-+				!capable(CAP_SETGID))
-+			return -EPERM;
-+	}
-+
-+	/*
- 	 * Determine whether and which event to report to ptracer.  When
- 	 * called from kernel_thread or CLONE_UNTRACED is explicitly
- 	 * requested, no event is reported; otherwise, report if the event
--- 
-1.8.3.1
-
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index e9c28b5b1..a0f1da48e 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -560,9 +560,6 @@ Patch530: silence-fbcon-logo.patch
 
 Patch600: 0001-lib-cpumask-Make-CPUMASK_OFFSTACK-usable-without-deb.patch
 
-#rhbz 917708
-Patch700: Revert-userns-Allow-unprivileged-users-to-create-use.patch
-
 Patch800: crash-driver.patch
 
 # crypto/
@@ -1306,9 +1303,6 @@ ApplyPatch silence-fbcon-logo.patch
 
 # Changes to upstream defaults.
 
-#rhbz 917708
-ApplyPatch Revert-userns-Allow-unprivileged-users-to-create-use.patch
-
 # /dev/crash driver.
 ApplyPatch crash-driver.patch
 
@@ -2270,6 +2264,9 @@ fi
 #                                    ||----w |
 #                                    ||     ||
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug 22 2014 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>
+- Drop userns revert patch (rhbz 917708)
+
 * Tue Aug 19 2014 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>
 - Fix NFSv3 oops (rhbz 1131551)