diff --git a/libssh2-1.4.2-utf8.patch b/libssh2-1.4.2-utf8.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9177691..0000000
--- a/libssh2-1.4.2-utf8.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
- NEWS      |    2 +-
- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
-
---- libssh2/NEWS
-+++ libssh2/NEWS
-@@ -3552,7 +3552,7 @@ Simon Josefsson (16 Nov 2009)
- - support arcfour128 cipher per RFC 4345
- 
- Daniel Stenberg (21 Oct 2009)
--- [Cristian Rodríguez brought this change]
-+- [Cristian Rodríguez brought this change]
- 
-   add support for GCC visibility features
- 
diff --git a/libssh2.spec b/libssh2.spec
index c071267..2a5d2da 100644
--- a/libssh2.spec
+++ b/libssh2.spec
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@
 
 Name:		libssh2
 Version:	1.7.0
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Release:	3%{?dist}
 Summary:	A library implementing the SSH2 protocol
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
 License:	BSD
 URL:		http://www.libssh2.org/
 Source0:	http://libssh2.org/download/libssh2-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0:		libssh2-1.4.2-utf8.patch
 Patch2:		CVE-2016-0787.patch
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(id -nu)
 BuildRequires:	coreutils
@@ -75,9 +74,6 @@ developing applications that use libssh2.
 # between 32-bit and 64-bit builds running on a single build-host
 sed -i s/4711/47%{?__isa_bits}/ tests/ssh2.{c,sh}
 
-# Make sure things are UTF-8...
-%patch0 -p1
-
 # diffie_hellman_sha1: Convert bytes to bits (additional fix for CVE-2016-0787)
 %patch2 -p1
 
@@ -158,6 +154,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libssh2.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 24 2016 Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> - 1.7.0-3
+- Drop UTF-8 patch, which breaks things rather than fixes them
+
 * Wed Feb 24 2016 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 1.7.0-2
 - diffie_hellman_sha1: Convert bytes to bits (additional fix for CVE-2016-0787)