diff --git a/libxml2.spec b/libxml2.spec
index deb837a..0713ab9 100644
--- a/libxml2.spec
+++ b/libxml2.spec
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ at parse time or later once the document has been modified.
 %patch0 -p1
 # workaround for #877567 - Very weird bug gzip decompression bug in "recent" libxml2 versions
 %patch1 -p1 -b .do-not-check-crc
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 25
 %patch2 -p1
+%endif
 
 mkdir py3doc
 cp doc/*.py py3doc