diff --git a/libsepol.spec b/libsepol.spec
index 672816c..28d081c 100644
--- a/libsepol.spec
+++ b/libsepol.spec
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ needed for developing applications that manipulate binary policies.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch -p1 -b .rhat
+#%patch -p1 -b .rhat
 # sparc64 is an -fPIC arch, so we need to fix it here
 %ifarch sparc64
 sed -i 's/fpic/fPIC/g' src/Makefile