diff --git a/glibc-fedora-i386-tls-direct-seg-refs.patch b/glibc-fedora-i386-tls-direct-seg-refs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 80c0f0d..0000000
--- a/glibc-fedora-i386-tls-direct-seg-refs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nrup a/sysdeps/i386/Makefile b/sysdeps/i386/Makefile
---- a/sysdeps/i386/Makefile	2012-06-05 07:42:49.000000000 -0600
-+++ b/sysdeps/i386/Makefile	2012-06-07 12:15:21.826318641 -0600
-@@ -62,6 +64,14 @@ endif
- 
- ifneq (,$(filter -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs,$(CFLAGS)))
- defines += -DNO_TLS_DIRECT_SEG_REFS
-+else
-+# .a libraries are not performance critical and so we
-+# build them without direct TLS segment references
-+# always.
-+CPPFLAGS-.o += -DNO_TLS_DIRECT_SEG_REFS
-+CFLAGS-.o += -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs
-+CPPFLAGS-.oS += -DNO_TLS_DIRECT_SEG_REFS
-+CFLAGS-.oS += -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs
- endif
- 
- ifeq ($(subdir),elf)
diff --git a/glibc.spec b/glibc.spec
index 2f96f44..622a60a 100644
--- a/glibc.spec
+++ b/glibc.spec
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ Patch0009: glibc-fedora-include-bits-ldbl.patch
 Patch0012: glibc-fedora-linux-tcsetattr.patch
 Patch0014: glibc-fedora-nptl-linklibc.patch
 Patch0015: glibc-fedora-localedef.patch
-Patch0016: glibc-fedora-i386-tls-direct-seg-refs.patch
 Patch0019: glibc-fedora-nis-rh188246.patch
 Patch0020: glibc-fedora-manual-dircategory.patch
 Patch0024: glibc-fedora-locarchive.patch
@@ -770,7 +769,6 @@ microbenchmark tests on the system.
 %patch2013 -p1
 %patch0014 -p1
 %patch0015 -p1
-%patch0016 -p1
 %patch0019 -p1
 %patch0020 -p1
 %patch2023 -p1