diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 99f8560..1d5d29d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ clog
 /PEAR-1.10.10.tgz
 /Console_Getopt-1.4.3.tgz
 /Archive_Tar-1.4.9.tgz
+/XML_Util-1.4.4.tgz
diff --git a/11.patch b/11.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cd2833d..0000000
--- a/11.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From 9ae15ac27d8618ee7d402b47b0c239b6c41c45d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Remi Collet <remi@remirepo.net>
-Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:51:00 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] fix phplint warning
-
----
- XML/Util.php | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/XML/Util.php b/XML/Util.php
-index 2a008d3..df37e07 100644
---- a/XML/Util.php
-+++ b/XML/Util.php
-@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ public static function splitQualifiedName($qname, $defaultNs = null)
-     public static function isValidName($string)
-     {
-         // check for invalid chars
--        if (!preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]_]\\z/', $string{0})) {
-+        if (!preg_match('/^[[:alpha:]_]\\z/', $string[0])) {
-             return XML_Util::raiseError(
-                 'XML names may only start with letter or underscore',
-                 XML_UTIL_ERROR_INVALID_START
diff --git a/php-pear.spec b/php-pear.spec
index a32e6ca..1502ac6 100644
--- a/php-pear.spec
+++ b/php-pear.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19367
 # Structures_Graph 1.0.4 - incorrect FSF address
 %global structver 1.1.1
-%global xmlutil   1.4.3
+%global xmlutil   1.4.4
 %global manpages  1.10.0
 
 # Tests are only run with rpmbuild --with tests
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 Summary: PHP Extension and Application Repository framework
 Name: php-pear
 Version: 1.10.10
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 # PEAR, PEAR_Manpages, Archive_Tar, XML_Util, Console_Getopt are BSD
 # Structures_Graph is LGPLv3+
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ Source23: http://pear.php.net/get/Structures_Graph-%{structver}.tgz
 Source24: http://pear.php.net/get/XML_Util-%{xmlutil}.tgz
 Source25: http://pear.php.net/get/PEAR_Manpages-%{manpages}.tgz
 
-Patch0:   https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/pear/XML_Util/pull/11.patch
-
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires: php(language) > 5.4
 BuildRequires: php-cli
@@ -221,7 +219,7 @@ install -m 644 -D macros.pear \
 
 # apply patches on installed PEAR tree
 pushd %{buildroot}%{peardir}
-patch -p1 < %{PATCH0}
+: no patch
 popd
 
 # Why this file here ?
@@ -335,6 +333,10 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec  6 2019 Remi Collet <remi@remirepo.net> - 1:1.10.10-4
+- update XML_Util to 1.4.4
+- drop patch merged upstream
+
 * Thu Dec  5 2019 Remi Collet <remi@remirepo.net> - 1:1.10.10-3
 - update Archive_Tar to 1.4.9
 - add patch for XML_Util and PHP 7.4 from
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0fb3b7c..ed36237 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ SHA512 (Console_Getopt-1.4.3.tgz) = 7803e063576e9dac6833064b5a1479d22ca31c2a8ef8
 SHA512 (PEAR-1.10.10.tgz) = a05296dd5831c3290ab514cf128f48ecf3d60a0de5c46e22653ac552aea64eabdc536ec51487d062f7402cb653862e104b70e341be6b10d4ab5097357ab95628
 SHA512 (PEAR_Manpages-1.10.0.tgz) = 41bb2397c381d6315a355d01554c3c0e1ce38f30c25a56044fa8e0955baac04a39cea2bf1b0398a47c56c381c5373d78864862086ebf6958aed693521f822833
 SHA512 (Structures_Graph-1.1.1.tgz) = cd4feb265e1aa05de348645dfc0b8e336486cb02c553dd8fcacb0a1eab452bf54108e07864395d55e0c92f4ffd338a5ae846b2dc28804bb23f03c91864ef0284
-SHA512 (XML_Util-1.4.3.tgz) = c21a7cef90743e124c4bc8e0453b634de8f6a6b0aac060acc1a17f481a2eb8757d322b05c69151280b7651cea927b2c64b7d49b9fd815dcdc606d0472d967310
+SHA512 (XML_Util-1.4.4.tgz) = 3c2ae4492e76729da561398a43416cd540284297b497d2c1526515c00ba2918b9d520b580e21111cf9f9e133d473289cc9c896bc28ddd0c64a849ee66f897e42