diff --git a/SOURCES/0006-Fix-issue-with-invalid-utf8.patch b/SOURCES/0006-Fix-issue-with-invalid-utf8.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 296ecd3..0000000
--- a/SOURCES/0006-Fix-issue-with-invalid-utf8.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-From 7860463eb5ccc844f1d580edd7f12496fb6923b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jonathan Wright <jonathan@almalinux.org>
-Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:55:12 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] fixes error with handling invalid utf-8 chars in
- needs-restarting
-
----
- plugins/needs_restarting.py    |  2 +-
- tests/test_needs_restarting.py | 13 +++++++++++++
- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/plugins/needs_restarting.py b/plugins/needs_restarting.py
-index 1fedb73..d8ab0bc 100644
---- a/plugins/needs_restarting.py
-+++ b/plugins/needs_restarting.py
-@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def list_opened_files(uid):
-         try:
-             if uid is not None and uid != owner_uid(smaps):
-                 continue
--            with open(smaps, 'r') as smaps_file:
-+            with open(smaps, 'r', errors='replace') as smaps_file:
-                 lines = smaps_file.readlines()
-         except EnvironmentError:
-             logger.warning("Failed to read PID %d's smaps.", pid)
-diff --git a/tests/test_needs_restarting.py b/tests/test_needs_restarting.py
-index 0ad70a5..c021e06 100644
---- a/tests/test_needs_restarting.py
-+++ b/tests/test_needs_restarting.py
-@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-+# coding: utf-8
- # Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
- #
- # This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
-@@ -20,8 +21,10 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
- from __future__ import print_function
- from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-+from unittest.mock import patch
- import needs_restarting
- import tests.support
-+import tempfile
-
- DEL_FILE = '3dcf000000-3dcf032000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 140759                ' \
-            '         /usr/lib64/libXfont.so.1.4.1;5408628d (deleted)'
-@@ -46,6 +49,16 @@ class NeedsRestartingTest(tests.support.TestCase):
-         self.assertTrue(ofile.deleted)
-         self.assertEqual(ofile.name, '/usr/lib64/libXfont.so.1.4.1;5408628d')
-
-+    def test_list_opened_files_garbage_filename(self):
-+        tempObj = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
-+        tempFile = tempObj.name
-+        with open(tempFile, 'wb') as bogusFile:
-+            bogusFile.write(b'151e7f7b7000-151e7f7b8000 r--p 00006000 fd:01 14744                      /usr/lib64/lib\xe5Evil-13.37.so')
-+        smaps = [[1234,tempObj.name]]
-+        with patch("needs_restarting.list_smaps", return_value=smaps):
-+            ofiles = list(needs_restarting.list_opened_files(None));
-+            self.assertEqual(ofiles[0].presumed_name, '/usr/lib64/lib�Evil-13.37.so')
-+
-
- class OpenedFileTest(tests.support.TestCase):
-     def test_presumed_name(self):
---
-2.41.0