diff --git a/ncurses.spec b/ncurses.spec
index f65827f..4cfe5d0 100644
--- a/ncurses.spec
+++ b/ncurses.spec
@@ -121,11 +121,6 @@ The ncurses-static package includes static libraries of the ncurses library.
 %patch14 -p1 -b .setuid
 %patch15 -p1 -b .cve-2022-29458
 
-for f in ANNOUNCE; do
-    iconv -f iso8859-1 -t utf8 -o ${f}{_,} &&
-        touch -r ${f}{,_} && mv -f ${f}{_,}
-done
-
 %build
 common_options="\
     --enable-colorfgbg \