diff --git a/glibc-rh697421.patch b/glibc-rh697421.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 51b95de..0000000
--- a/glibc-rh697421.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-Short description: Add UCS-2 aliases.
-Author(s): Fedora glibc team <glibc@lists.fedoraproject.org>
-Origin: PATCH
-Bug-RHEL: #697421
-Upstream status: https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-12/msg00103.html
-
-This is a Fedora-specific change to include new aliases for UCS-2
-data for gconv used by a certain class of users. This should be
-revisited at some point to determine if those users are just using
-UTF-8 at this point.
-
-diff --git a/iconvdata/gconv-modules b/iconvdata/gconv-modules
-index 4acbba062f2b187d..66f08b286f31f942 100644
---- a/iconvdata/gconv-modules
-+++ b/iconvdata/gconv-modules
-@@ -113,3 +113,6 @@ module	INTERNAL		UTF-32BE//		UTF-32		1
- alias	UTF7//			UTF-7//
- module	UTF-7//			INTERNAL		UTF-7		1
- module	INTERNAL		UTF-7//			UTF-7		1
-+
-+alias	ISO-10646-UCS-2//	UNICODE//
-+alias	ISO-10646-UCS-2//	ISO-10646/UTF8/
diff --git a/glibc.spec b/glibc.spec
index 45731a0..39b4a2f 100644
--- a/glibc.spec
+++ b/glibc.spec
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 Summary: The GNU libc libraries
 Name: glibc
 Version: %{glibcversion}
-Release: 18%{?dist}
+Release: 19%{?dist}
 
 # In general, GPLv2+ is used by programs, LGPLv2+ is used for
 # libraries.
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ Patch23: glibc-python3.patch
 Patch29: glibc-fedora-nsswitch.patch
 Patch30: glibc-deprecated-selinux-makedb.patch
 Patch31: glibc-deprecated-selinux-nscd.patch
-Patch33: glibc-rh697421.patch
 Patch34: glibc-nosymlink-1.patch
 Patch35: glibc-nosymlink-2.patch
 Patch36: glibc-nosymlink-3.patch
@@ -2185,6 +2184,10 @@ fi
 %files -f compat-libpthread-nonshared.filelist -n compat-libpthread-nonshared
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 17 2021 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> - 2.33.9000-19
+- Drop glibc-rh697421.patch: The ISO-10646-UCS-2// alias for UTF-8 is incorrect
+  (#1972520)
+
 * Wed Jun 16 2021 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> - 2.33.9000-18
 - Rebuild against rawhide gcc