diff --git a/mariadb-libfmt.patch b/mariadb-libfmt.patch
index 62a181f..e96ab8f 100644
--- a/mariadb-libfmt.patch
+++ b/mariadb-libfmt.patch
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ To avoid potential issues on systems with FMT library between 8.0 and the one wi
 introduce a bundling mechanism for use on such distributions.
 We pre-download the sources archive and supply the CMake with it, instead of the web URL.
 
+This patch is not used at the moment as the current version of the fmt package available in f40-f43 is sufficient
+therefore we are using it instead of the bundled fmt.
+
+We are still keeping this patch in case it may be needed in the future and because it is needed in rhel
+
 --- mariadb-11.8.2/cmake/libfmt.cmake	2025-05-21 16:08:31.000000000 +0200
 +++ mariadb-11.8.2/cmake/libfmt.cmake_patched	2025-06-16 22:51:14.579292098 +0200
 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ MACRO(BUNDLE_LIBFMT)
diff --git a/mariadb11.8.spec b/mariadb11.8.spec
index 6f5567f..a966141 100644
--- a/mariadb11.8.spec
+++ b/mariadb11.8.spec
@@ -124,7 +124,14 @@
 
 # To avoid issues with a breaking change in FMT library, bundle it on systems where FMT wasn't fixed yet
 # See mariadb-libfmt.patch for detailed description.
+# As the breaking issues are no longer present in fedora 41
+# and higher, this issue only remains in rhel
+%if 0%{?rhel}
 %bcond bundled_fmt 1
+%else
+%bcond bundled_fmt 0
+%endif
+
 %if %{with bundled_fmt}
 %global fmt_bundled_version 11.1.4
 %endif
@@ -317,7 +324,7 @@ BuildRequires:    perl(warnings)
 # for running some openssl tests rhbz#1189180
 BuildRequires:    openssl openssl-devel
 
-%{!?with_bundled_fmt:BuildRequires: fmt-devel >= 10.2.1-4}
+%{!?with_bundled_fmt:BuildRequires: fmt-devel >= 11.1.4-1}
 
 Requires:         bash coreutils grep
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ae02a46..e493d4c 100755
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 SHA512 (mariadb-11.8.2.tar.gz) = f915194e62633cc7c8b2fa901d83b30bdf6e3b8051c2d7e39dcae0a819787cc1f54dd92fdf692c9100ffbdc66b57e265bcc0433fcc2a80324b8dac16653de41e
-SHA512 (fmt-11.1.4.zip) = 8269e76157c531f2c08295ca499d2a64e91c39ffbeed5d726d9aba92bf3d55a7d0e2cd05adbd7d2ccd2dee8a819037f48feb962824cb4c7959c8345795b404aa