diff --git a/cpio-2.11-fix-memory-leak-in-copyin.patch b/cpio-2.11-fix-memory-leak-in-copyin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 31a0ce3..0000000
--- a/cpio-2.11-fix-memory-leak-in-copyin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- cpio-2.11.old/src/copyin.c	2013-03-08 14:25:16.153845747 +0000
-+++ cpio-2.11.fixleak/src/copyin.c	2013-03-08 14:24:53.148926140 +0000
-@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@
-   apply_delayed_set_stat ();
-   
-   if (append_flag)
--    return;
-+    goto out;
- 
-   if (archive_format == arf_newascii || archive_format == arf_crcascii)
-     {
-@@ -1501,5 +1501,8 @@
- 			 (unsigned long) blocks),
- 	       (unsigned long) blocks);
-     }
-+
-+ out:
-+  free (file_hdr.c_name);
- }
- 
diff --git a/cpio.spec b/cpio.spec
index 48c768e..1d0f429 100644
--- a/cpio.spec
+++ b/cpio.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A GNU archiving program
 Name: cpio
 Version: 2.11
-Release: 18%{?dist}
+Release: 19%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group: Applications/Archiving
 URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ Patch6: cpio-2.11-stdio.in.patch
 Patch7: cpio-2.10-longnames-split.patch
 # cpio does Sum32 checksum, not CRC
 Patch8: cpio-2.11-crc-fips-nit.patch
-# fix memory leak (#919454) (downstream)
-Patch9: cpio-2.11-fix-memory-leak-in-copyin.patch
 
 Requires(post): /sbin/install-info
 Requires(preun): /sbin/install-info
@@ -108,6 +106,9 @@ fi
 %{_infodir}/*.info*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 15 2013 Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@redhat.com> - 2.11-19
+- revert the fix for memory leak (at least for now) #921725
+
 * Tue Mar 12 2013 Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@redhat.com> - 2.11-18
 - explicitly provide /bin/cpio for packages that are dependant on this file