diff --git a/libcap-ng-check-proc-python.patch b/libcap-ng-check-proc-python.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b5adb7c..0000000
--- a/libcap-ng-check-proc-python.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nur libcap-ng-0.7.4/bindings/python/test/capng-test.py libcap-ng-0.7.4-2/bindings/python/test/capng-test.py
---- libcap-ng-0.7.4/bindings/python/test/capng-test.py	2014-04-24 08:41:44.000000000 -0400
-+++ libcap-ng-0.7.4-2/bindings/python/test/capng-test.py	2014-06-23 13:25:20.113624203 -0400
-@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
-     sys.path.insert(0, load_path)
- 
- import capng
-+
- last = capng.CAP_LAST_CAP
-+with open('/proc/sys/kernel/cap_last_cap', 'r') as f:
-+	last = int(f.readline())
- 
- print("Doing basic bit tests...")
- capng.capng_clear(capng.CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH)
diff --git a/libcap-ng.spec b/libcap-ng.spec
index 7dffbd2..0f1f6ee 100644
--- a/libcap-ng.spec
+++ b/libcap-ng.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ License: LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng
 Source0: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0: libcap-ng-check-proc-python.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: kernel-headers >= 2.6.11 
 
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ lets you set the file system based capabilities.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1 -b .proc~
 
 %build
 %configure --libdir=/%{_lib}