diff --git a/nftables-fix_json_events.patch b/nftables-fix_json_events.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d831dab..0000000
--- a/nftables-fix_json_events.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-From c96c7da272e33a34770c4de4e3e50f7ed264672e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
-Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 16:29:51 +0200
-Subject: JSON: Improve performance of json_events_cb()
-
-The function tries to insert handles into JSON input for echo option.
-Yet there may be nothing to do if the given netlink message doesn't
-contain a handle, e.g. if it is an 'add element' command. Calling
-seqnum_to_json() is pointless overhead in that case, and if input is
-large this overhead is significant. Better wait with that call until
-after checking if the message is relevant at all.
-
-Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
-Acked-by: Eric Garver <eric@garver.life>
----
- src/parser_json.c | 9 ++++++---
- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-Index: nftables-0.9.3/src/parser_json.c
-===================================================================
---- nftables-0.9.3.orig/src/parser_json.c
-+++ nftables-0.9.3/src/parser_json.c
-@@ -3838,12 +3838,15 @@ static uint64_t handle_from_nlmsg(const
- }
- int json_events_cb(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct netlink_mon_handler *monh)
- {
--	json_t *tmp, *json = seqnum_to_json(nlh->nlmsg_seq);
- 	uint64_t handle = handle_from_nlmsg(nlh);
-+	json_t *tmp, *json;
- 	void *iter;
- 
--	/* might be anonymous set, ignore message */
--	if (!json || !handle)
-+	if (!handle)
-+		return MNL_CB_OK;
-+
-+	json = seqnum_to_json(nlh->nlmsg_seq);
-+	if (!json)
- 		return MNL_CB_OK;
- 
- 	tmp = json_object_get(json, "add");
diff --git a/nftables.spec b/nftables.spec
index 68f304f..202916b 100644
--- a/nftables.spec
+++ b/nftables.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           nftables
 Version:        0.9.6
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 # Upstream released a 0.100 version, then 0.4. Need Epoch to get back on track.
 Epoch:          1
 Summary:        Netfilter Tables userspace utillites
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ Source0:        %{url}/files/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        nftables.service
 Source2:        nftables.conf
 
-# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1834853
-Patch0:         nftables-fix_json_events.patch
-
 #BuildRequires: autogen
 #BuildRequires: autoconf
 #BuildRequires: automake
@@ -118,6 +115,9 @@ sed -i -e 's/\(sofile=\)".*"/\1"'$sofile'"/' \
 %{python3_sitelib}/nftables/
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 29 2020 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 1:0.9.6-2
+- Drop upstreamed patch
+
 * Sat Sep 05 2020 Neal Gompa <ngompa13@gmail.com> - 1:0.9.6-1
 - Update to 0.9.6 (RH#1846663)