diff --git a/cifs-utils-rst2man-3.patch b/cifs-utils-rst2man-3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d228551..0000000
--- a/cifs-utils-rst2man-3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-From d098b1f3ae1d4c69f34cbe4ec792d0521f35503c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>
-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:22:23 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] configure.ac: support using both rst2man and rst2man-3
-
-Python3 version of rst2man is called rst2man-3.
-Add few more variants to cover Fedora and OpenSUSE.
-
-Signed-off-by: Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>
----
- Makefile.am  | 2 +-
- configure.ac | 6 +++---
- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
-index 30658e3..f37c9ae 100644
---- a/Makefile.am
-+++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ man_MANS=
- 
- SUFFIXES = .rst .1 .8
- 
--RST2MAN = rst2man --syntax-highlight=none $< $@
-+RST2MAN = $(have_rst2man) --syntax-highlight=none $< $@
- 
- .rst.1:
- 	$(RST2MAN)
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index b0bc2b9..8e3d6ce 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -252,12 +252,12 @@ fi
- 
- # if docs are not disabled, check if rst2man is available
- if test $enable_man != "no"; then
--	AC_CHECK_PROG(have_rst2man, rst2man, yes, no)
-+	AC_CHECK_PROGS(have_rst2man, rst2man-3.6 rst2man-3.4 rst2man-3 rst2man, no)
- 	if test $have_rst2man = "no"; then
- 		if test $enable_man = "yes"; then
--			AC_MSG_ERROR([rst2man not found: cannot generate man pages, consider installing perl.])
-+			AC_MSG_ERROR([rst2man not found: cannot generate man pages, consider installing python{2,3}-docutils.])
- 		else
--			AC_MSG_WARN([rst2man not found: cannot generate man pages, consider installing perl. Disabling man page generation.])
-+			AC_MSG_WARN([rst2man not found: cannot generate man pages, consider installing python{2,3}-docutils. Disabling man page generation.])
- 			enable_man="no"
- 		fi
- 	else
--- 
-2.17.1
-
diff --git a/cifs-utils.spec b/cifs-utils.spec
index bfda5e3..1623b97 100644
--- a/cifs-utils.spec
+++ b/cifs-utils.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Requires(post):  /usr/sbin/alternatives
 Requires(preun): /usr/sbin/alternatives
 
 Source0:         https://download.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/cifs-utils/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-Patch0:          cifs-utils-rst2man-3.patch 
 
 %description
 The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ provide these credentials to the kernel automatically at login.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}%{pre_release}
-%patch0 -p1
 
 
 %build