diff --git a/python-urwid.spec b/python-urwid.spec
index 277573c..4a3f21d 100644
--- a/python-urwid.spec
+++ b/python-urwid.spec
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ License:       LGPLv2+
 URL:           http://excess.org/urwid/
 Source0:       %{pypi_source urwid}
 
-Patch1:        rhbz-2220920.patch
-
 %global _description\
 Urwid is a Python library for making text console applications.  It has\
 many features including fluid interface resizing, support for UTF-8 and\
@@ -27,8 +25,6 @@ control.
 Summary: %summary
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-urwid}
 BuildRequires: gcc
-# patch application
-BuildRequires: git-core
 BuildRequires: python3-devel
 BuildRequires: python3-setuptools
 # needed by selftest suite for test.support
@@ -37,7 +33,7 @@ BuildRequires: python3-test
 %description -n python3-%{srcname} %_description
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -Sgit -n %{srcname}-%{version}
+%autosetup -n %{srcname}-%{version}
 find urwid -type f -name "*.py" -exec sed -i -e '/^#!\//, 1d' {} \;
 find urwid -type f -name "*.py" -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
diff --git a/rhbz-2220920.patch b/rhbz-2220920.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d625b5..0000000
--- a/rhbz-2220920.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-From 44f46f9f389816c154d80a7d3ceddb3730e6eb88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Alexey Stepanov <penguinolog@users.noreply.github.com>
-Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2023 16:53:13 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix #583: python 3.12 compatibility (#598)
-
-* Fix #583: python 3.12 compatibility
-
-Replace as pep-0393 recommended:
-
-* `PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE` by `PyUnicode_ReadChar`
-  (use Stable API)
-
-* Enable PR tests on python 3.12
-
-* Force Limited API following pep-0384
-
----------
-
-Backported to Fedora rawhide
-Upstream commit:
-https://github.com/urwid/urwid/commit/44f46f9f389816c154d80a7d3ceddb3730e6eb88
-
-Co-authored-by: Aleksei Stepanov <alekseis@nvidia.com>
-Signed-off-by: Tomas Tomecek <ttomecek@redhat.com>
----
- source/str_util.c | 14 +++++---------
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/source/str_util.c b/source/str_util.c
-index 5ed1356..a8480d7 100644
---- a/source/str_util.c
-+++ b/source/str_util.c
-@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
- */
- 
- #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
-+// Use Limited API for Python 3.7.0 release and newer
-+#define Py_LIMITED_API 0x030700f0
- 
- #include <Python.h>
- 
-@@ -476,13 +478,11 @@ offs -- offset";
- static int Py_IsWideChar(PyObject *text, Py_ssize_t offs)
- {
-     const unsigned char *str;
--    Py_UNICODE *ustr;
-     Py_ssize_t ret[2], str_len;
- 
-     if (PyUnicode_Check(text))  //text_py is unicode string
-     {
--        ustr = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(text);
--        return (Py_GetWidth((long int)ustr[offs]) == 2);
-+        return (Py_GetWidth((long int) PyUnicode_ReadChar(text, offs)) == 2);
-     }
- 
- #ifndef PYTHON3
-@@ -656,15 +656,13 @@ static Py_ssize_t Py_CalcWidth(PyObject *text, Py_ssize_t start_offs,
-     unsigned char * str;
-     Py_ssize_t i, ret[2], str_len;
-     int screencols;
--    Py_UNICODE *ustr;
- 
-     if (PyUnicode_Check(text))  //text_py is unicode string
-     {
--        ustr = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(text);
-         screencols = 0;
-  
-         for(i=start_offs; i<end_offs; i++) 
--            screencols += Py_GetWidth(ustr[i]);
-+            screencols += Py_GetWidth((long int) PyUnicode_ReadChar(text, i));
- 
-         return screencols;
-     }
-@@ -742,16 +740,14 @@ static int Py_CalcTextPos(PyObject *text, Py_ssize_t start_offs,
-     unsigned char * str;
-     Py_ssize_t i, dummy[2], str_len;
-     int screencols, width;
--    Py_UNICODE *ustr;
- 
-     if (PyUnicode_Check(text))  //text_py is unicode string
-     {
--        ustr = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(text);
-         screencols = 0;
-  
-         for(i=start_offs; i<end_offs; i++)
-         {
--            width = Py_GetWidth(ustr[i]);
-+            width = Py_GetWidth((long int) PyUnicode_ReadChar(text, i));
-             
-             if (width+screencols > pref_col)
-             {
--- 
-2.41.0
-