diff --git a/0001-configure-Map-powerpc64-ppc64.patch b/0001-configure-Map-powerpc64-ppc64.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 40c8ae7..0000000
--- a/0001-configure-Map-powerpc64-ppc64.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From a550ecb5f198ff7179df097ffc7847ff576115ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: David Sommerseth <davids@redhat.com>
-Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 15:14:04 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] configure: Map powerpc64 -> ppc64.
-
----
- configure.ac | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 8916ebd..fd12431 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ qemu_system="$(
-     $SED -e 's/-i@<:@456@:>@86/-i386/g' \
-          -e 's/-arm.*/-arm/g' \
-          -e 's/-amd64/-x86_64/g' \
-+         -e 's/-powerpc64/-ppc64/g' \
-          -e 's/-ppc64le/-ppc64/g'
-     )"
- default_qemu="qemu-kvm kvm $qemu_system qemu"
--- 
-2.1.0
-
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 19d55be..fc2a9ba 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ License:       LGPLv2+
 URL:           http://libguestfs.org/
 Source0:       http://libguestfs.org/download/1.29-development/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-# Another fix for ppc64/ppc64le.
-Patch1:        0001-configure-Map-powerpc64-ppc64.patch
-
 # Basic build requirements:
 BuildRequires: perl(Pod::Simple)
 BuildRequires: perl(Pod::Man)
@@ -731,8 +728,6 @@ for %{name}.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
-%patch1 -p1
-
 if [ "$(getenforce | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')" != "disabled" ]; then
     # For sVirt to work, the local temporary directory we use in the
     # tests must be labelled the same way as /tmp.
@@ -1232,6 +1227,7 @@ popd
 %changelog
 * Fri Nov 07 2014 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.29.6-1
 - New upstream version 1.29.6.
+- Remove patch which is now upstream.
 
 * Wed Nov 05 2014 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.29.5-1
 - New upstream version 1.29.5.