diff --git a/bzr.spec b/bzr.spec
index 4b526ee..a526398 100644
--- a/bzr.spec
+++ b/bzr.spec
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ URL:            http://www.bazaar-vcs.org/
 Source0:        https://launchpad.net/%{name}/%{bzrmajor}/%{version}%{?bzrrc}/+download/%{name}-%{version}%{?bzrrc}.tar.gz
 Source1:        https://launchpad.net/%{name}/%{bzrmajor}/%{version}%{?bzrrc}/+download/%{name}-%{version}%{?bzrrc}.tar.gz.sig
 Source2:        bzr-icon-64.png
-#backport of http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ebzr-pqm/bzr/bzr.dev/diff/5439
-Patch1:		bzr.dev-5439-python27.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  python-devel zlib-devel
@@ -66,8 +64,6 @@ This package contains the documentation for the Bazaar version control system.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}%{?bzrrc}
-%patch1 -p1 -b.5439
-
 
 sed -i '1{/#![[:space:]]*\/usr\/bin\/\(python\|env\)/d}' bzrlib/_patiencediff_py.py
 sed -i '1{/#![[:space:]]*\/usr\/bin\/\(python\|env\)/d}' bzrlib/weave.py