diff --git a/cloud-init.spec b/cloud-init.spec
index dbcab1a..127047d 100644
--- a/cloud-init.spec
+++ b/cloud-init.spec
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ Patch11:        cloud-init-0.7.8-nm-controlled.patch
 
 # Requires pylxd
 Patch12: tests-Neuter-lxd-testing.patch
-# Not debugged/upstreamed yet
-Patch14: disable-failing-tests.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
diff --git a/disable-failing-tests.patch b/disable-failing-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f4306e..0000000
--- a/disable-failing-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/tests/cloud_tests/testcases/__init__.py b/tests/cloud_tests/testcases/__init__.py
-index 182c090..86006ce 100644
---- a/tests/cloud_tests/testcases/__init__.py
-+++ b/tests/cloud_tests/testcases/__init__.py
-@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
- import importlib
- import inspect
- import unittest
-+from nose.tools import nottest
- 
- from tests.cloud_tests import config
- from tests.cloud_tests.testcases.base import CloudTestCase as base_test
- 
--
-+@nottest
- def discover_tests(test_name):
-     """
-     discover tests in test file for 'testname'
-diff --git a/tests/cloud_tests/testcases/base.py b/tests/cloud_tests/testcases/base.py
-index 5395b9a..25c11ab 100644
---- a/tests/cloud_tests/testcases/base.py
-+++ b/tests/cloud_tests/testcases/base.py
-@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class CloudTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-         """
-         ensure that there were no errors in any stage
-         """
-+        return # no idea why this is broken
-         status = self.get_status_data(self.get_data_file('status.json'))
-         for stage in ('init', 'init-local', 'modules-config', 'modules-final'):
-             self.assertIn(stage, status)