diff --git a/Prevent-circular-dependency-with-Sphinx.patch b/Prevent-circular-dependency-with-Sphinx.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fc7432..0000000
--- a/Prevent-circular-dependency-with-Sphinx.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-From e5c0583e1a92932322f721825a6812c74df8ba28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Karolina Surma <ksurma@redhat.com>
-Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 14:23:47 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Prevent circular dependency with Sphinx
-
----
- pyproject.toml | 4 +---
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
-index d704e4e..0f9680f 100644
---- a/pyproject.toml
-+++ b/pyproject.toml
-@@ -39,15 +39,13 @@ classifiers = [
-     "Topic :: Text Processing",
-     "Topic :: Utilities",
- ]
--dependencies = [
--    "Sphinx>=5",
--]
- dynamic = ["version"]
- 
- [project.optional-dependencies]
- test = [
-     "pytest",
-     "html5lib",
-+    "Sphinx",
- ]
- lint = [
-     "flake8",
--- 
-2.41.0
-
diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp.spec b/python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp.spec
index 54e9f6c..db1adfd 100644
--- a/python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp.spec
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp.spec
@@ -1,24 +1,15 @@
-# when bootstrapping sphinx, we cannot even run an import check
-%bcond check 1
 # RHEL does not include html5lib, without which the tests fail
-%bcond tests %[%{with check} && %{undefined rhel}]
+%bcond tests %{undefined rhel}
 
 Name:           python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp
 Version:        2.0.4
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Sphinx extension for HTML help files
 License:        BSD-2-Clause
 URL:            http://sphinx-doc.org/
 Source:         %{pypi_source sphinxcontrib_htmlhelp}
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
-# Sphinx requires sphinxcontrib-* packages, they've started requiring Sphinx
-# In the RPM environment the dependencies are handled correctly without it
-# Remove the runtime requirement on Sphinx from this package
-# See: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/11567
-# At the same time, Sphinx is a wanted test dependency
-Patch:          Prevent-circular-dependency-with-Sphinx.patch
-
 BuildRequires:  gettext
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-devel
 
@@ -69,13 +60,11 @@ popd
 %find_lang sphinxcontrib.htmlhelp
 
 
-%if %{with check}
 %check
 %py3_check_import sphinxcontrib.htmlhelp
 %if %{with tests}
 %{__python3} -m pytest
 %endif
-%endif
 
 
 %files -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp -f sphinxcontrib.htmlhelp.lang
@@ -86,6 +75,10 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 16 2023 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 2.0.4-2
+- Remove a patch to drop the runtime dependency on Sphinx
+- It is no longer needed, python3-sphinx-7.2.6-2+ no longer Requires this
+
 * Thu Aug 24 2023 Karolina Surma <ksurma@redhat.com> - 2.0.4-1
 - update to 2.0.4
 Resolves: rhbz#2231932