diff --git a/0001-Drop-DESTDIR-from-python-instlibdir.patch b/0001-Drop-DESTDIR-from-python-instlibdir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b6e7120..0000000
--- a/0001-Drop-DESTDIR-from-python-instlibdir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From d40d33173dc24d9b7ad6f5071994f90b5f9a71e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
-Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:01:57 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] Drop DESTDIR from python instlibdir
-
-When building packages, we install to DESTDIR but we don't want this to
-end up hard-coded in the scripts.
-
-This needs discussed upstream to find a proper solution.
----
- git_remote_helpers/Makefile | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/git_remote_helpers/Makefile b/git_remote_helpers/Makefile
-index 3d12232..36d40b5 100644
---- a/git_remote_helpers/Makefile
-+++ b/git_remote_helpers/Makefile
-@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ install: $(pysetupfile)
- 	$(PYTHON_PATH) $(pysetupfile) install --prefix $(DESTDIR_SQ)$(prefix)
- 
- instlibdir: $(pysetupfile)
--	@echo "$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(prefix)/$(PYLIBDIR)"
-+	@echo "$(prefix)/$(PYLIBDIR)"
- 
- clean:
- 	$(QUIET)$(PYTHON_PATH) $(pysetupfile) $(QUIETSETUP) clean -a
--- 
-1.8.1
-
diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index 80f3732..a123d3d 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 Name:           git
 Version:        1.8.5.3
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Fast Version Control System
 License:        GPLv2
 Group:          Development/Tools
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ Patch1:         git-cvsimport-Ignore-cvsps-2.2b1-Branches-output.patch
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/600411
 Patch3:         git-1.7-el5-emacs-support.patch
 Patch5:         0001-git-subtree-Use-gitexecdir-instead-of-libexecdir.patch
-# This fixes the build when python is enabled.  Needs discussion upstream to
-# find a proper solution.
-Patch6:         0001-Drop-DESTDIR-from-python-instlibdir.patch
 
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
@@ -317,7 +314,6 @@ Requires:       emacs-git = %{version}-%{release}
 %patch3 -p1
 %endif
 %patch5 -p1
-#%patch6 -p1
 
 %if %{use_prebuilt_docs}
 mkdir -p prebuilt_docs/{html,man}
@@ -433,10 +429,6 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name .packlist -exec rm -f {} ';'
 find %{buildroot} -type f -name '*.bs' -empty -exec rm -f {} ';'
 find %{buildroot} -type f -name perllocal.pod -exec rm -f {} ';'
 
-# Remove remote-helper python libraries and scripts, these are not ready for
-# use yet
-rm -rf %{buildroot}%{python_sitelib} %{buildroot}%{gitcoredir}/git-remote-testgit
-
 # git-archimport is not supported
 find %{buildroot} Documentation -type f -name 'git-archimport*' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 
@@ -641,6 +633,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 # No files for you!
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 16 2014 Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> - 1.8.5.3-2
+- Drop unused python DESTIR patch
+
 * Thu Jan 16 2014 Ondrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com> - 1.8.5.3-1
 * Update to 1.8.5.3