diff --git a/perl-DBD-1.31-fixver.patch b/perl-DBD-1.31-fixver.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c1adef..0000000
--- a/perl-DBD-1.31-fixver.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -up DBD-Pg-2.8.7/t/lib/App/Info/RDBMS/PostgreSQL.pm.fix DBD-Pg-2.8.7/t/lib/App/Info/RDBMS/PostgreSQL.pm
---- DBD-Pg-2.8.7/t/lib/App/Info/RDBMS/PostgreSQL.pm.fix	2008-07-21 17:15:05.000000000 +0200
-+++ DBD-Pg-2.8.7/t/lib/App/Info/RDBMS/PostgreSQL.pm	2008-07-28 09:01:08.000000000 +0200
-@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ my $get_version = sub {
-             # New versions, such as "7.4", are treated as patch level "0"
-             @{$self}{qw(version major minor patch)} =
-               ($version, $1, $2, 0);
-+        } elsif ($version =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)/) {
-+            @{$self}{qw(version major minor patch)} =
-+            ($version, $1, $2, 0);
-         } else {
-             $self->error("Failed to parse PostgreSQL version parts from " .
-                          "string '$version'");
diff --git a/perl-DBD-Pg.spec b/perl-DBD-Pg.spec
index 2fa95c0..251cc33 100644
--- a/perl-DBD-Pg.spec
+++ b/perl-DBD-Pg.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 Name:           perl-DBD-Pg
 Version:        2.15.1
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        A PostgreSQL interface for perl
 
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-Pg/
 Source0:        http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/T/TU/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0:         perl-DBD-1.31-fixver.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 # Prevent bug #443495
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ An implementation of DBI for PostgreSQL for Perl.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n DBD-Pg-%{version}
-%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %{__perl} Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor OPTIMIZE="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
@@ -62,6 +60,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 27 2010 Stepan Kasal <skasal@redhat.com> - 2.15.1-3
+- drop patch that was upstreamed long ago (<=2.8.7)
+
 * Mon Dec  7 2009 Stepan Kasal <skasal@redhat.com> - 2.15.1-2
 - rebuild against perl 5.10.1