diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index eb3414e..e363c76 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ Source7:       libguestfs.keyring
 # Maintainer script which helps with handling patches.
 Source8:       copy-patches.sh
 
-# Upstream patch to work with qemu 6.1
-# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1998820
-Patch1:        0001-lib-Autodetect-backing-format-for-qemu-img-create-b.patch
-
 # Downstream (RHEL-only) patches.
 %if 0%{?rhel}
 Patch9001:     0001-RHEL-Remove-libguestfs-live-RHBZ-798980.patch