diff --git a/python-pip.spec b/python-pip.spec
index c87cb54..c9f527b 100644
--- a/python-pip.spec
+++ b/python-pip.spec
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ ln -s %{python_wheel_dir} tests/data/common_wheels
 rm -v src/pip/_vendor/distlib/*.exe
 sed -i '/\.exe/d' setup.py
 
+# Remove RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE from AUTHORS.txt
+# https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12046
+%{python3} -c 'from pathlib import Path; p = Path("AUTHORS.txt"); p.write_text("".join(c for c in p.read_text() if c != "\u202e"))'
+
 %build
 %py3_build_wheel