diff --git a/petsc.spec b/petsc.spec
index e1c6428..fb2bcad 100644
--- a/petsc.spec
+++ b/petsc.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 
 %if %{?__isa_bits:%{__isa_bits}}%{!?__isa_bits:32} == 64
 %bcond_without arch64
+%bcond_without metis64
 %else
+%bcond_without metis
 %bcond_with arch64
 %endif
 
@@ -90,13 +92,6 @@
 %bcond_with tetgen
 #
 
-## Metis
-%bcond_without metis
-%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} < 8
-%bcond_without metis64
-%endif
-#
-
 # 'scalapack' is required by 'MUMPS'
 %if %{with openmpi}
 %bcond_without mpi
@@ -587,13 +582,16 @@ pushd %{name}-%{version}
 rm $(grep -rl '/\* Generated by Cython')
 popd
 
+pushd %{name}-%{version}
+%if %{with metis64}
+%patch4 -p1 -b .metis64
+%endif
+popd
+
 %if %{with arch64}
 cp -a %{name}-%{version} build64
 pushd build64
 %patch1 -p0
-%if %{with metis64}
-%patch4 -p1 -b .metis64
-%endif
 popd
 %endif
 
@@ -632,9 +630,7 @@ pushd %{name}-%{version}
  --with-openblas=1 --with-openblas-lib=-l%{blaslib}%{blasvar} --with-openblas-include=%{_includedir}/%{blaslib} \
 %endif
 %endif
-%if %{with metis}
  --with-metis=1 \
-%endif
 %if %{with tetgen}
  --with-tetgen=1 \
  --with-tetgen-lib=-ltetgen \
@@ -662,9 +658,7 @@ pushd build64
 %configure --with-cc=gcc --with-cxx=g++ --with-fc=gfortran \
  %{petsc_build_options} \
  --with-64-bit-indices=1 \
-%if %{with metis64}
  --with-metis=1 \
-%endif
 %if %{with blas64}
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 9
  --with-blaslapack=1 --with-blaslapack-lib=-l%{blaslib}%{blasvar}64 --with-blaslapack-include=%{_includedir}/%{blaslib} \
@@ -696,9 +690,7 @@ export FC=mpifort
  --FC_LINKER_FLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lgfortran -lmpi_mpifh" \
  --LIBS=" -lmpi -lmpi_mpifh" \
  %{petsc_mpibuild_options} \
-%if %{with metis}
  --with-metis=1 \
-%endif
 %if %{with index64}
  --with-64-bit-indices=1 \
 %endif
@@ -739,9 +731,7 @@ export FC=mpifort
  --FC_LINKER_FLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lgfortran -lfmpich -lmpichf90" \
  --LIBS=" -lmpich -lfmpich -lmpichf90" \
  %{petsc_mpibuild_options} \
-%if %{with metis}
  --with-metis=1 \
-%endif
 %if %{with index64}
  --with-64-bit-indices=1 \
 %endif
@@ -1177,6 +1167,7 @@ xvfb-run -a make MAKE_NP=$RPM_BUILD_NCPUS all test -C build64 V=1 MPIEXEC='%{_bu
 %changelog
 * Thu Feb 23 2023 Antonio Trande <sagitter@fedoraproject.org> - 3.17.4-12
 - Enable PETSC_INDEX_SIZE_64 in 64-bit architectures
+- Use always metis64 in 64-bit architectures
 
 * Thu Feb 23 2023 Antonio Trande <sagitter@fedoraproject.org> - 3.17.4-11
 - Disable LTO flags