diff --git a/0001-app-db-diff-Add-format-json-output.patch b/0001-app-db-diff-Add-format-json-output.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e00bd52..0000000
--- a/0001-app-db-diff-Add-format-json-output.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-From 12fbe89abab673e5ed0b23ee2bb01973c6d6b262 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jonathan Lebon <jonathan@jlebon.com>
-Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 12:46:10 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] app/db-diff: Add --format=json output
-
-Add a new "json" output format. The "diff" format is also a mostly
-machine-compatible one. But JSON is much more ubiquitous and easier to
-consume.
-
-Closes: #1844
-Approved by: cgwalters
----
- src/app/rpmostree-db-builtin-diff.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
- tests/vmcheck/test-db.sh            |  9 ++++++
- 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/app/rpmostree-db-builtin-diff.c b/src/app/rpmostree-db-builtin-diff.c
-index e513cf21..942b36b5 100644
---- a/src/app/rpmostree-db-builtin-diff.c
-+++ b/src/app/rpmostree-db-builtin-diff.c
-@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@
- 
- #include "config.h"
- 
-+#include <glib-unix.h>
-+#include <gio/gunixoutputstream.h>
-+#include <json-glib/json-glib.h>
-+
- #include "rpmostree.h"
- #include "rpmostree-db-builtins.h"
- #include "rpmostree-libbuiltin.h"
- #include "rpmostree-rpm-util.h"
-+#include "rpmostree-package-variants.h"
- 
- static char *opt_format = "block";
- static gboolean opt_changelogs;
-@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ static char *opt_sysroot;
- static gboolean opt_base;
- 
- static GOptionEntry option_entries[] = {
--  { "format", 'F', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opt_format, "Output format: \"diff\" or (default) \"block\"", "FORMAT" },
-+  { "format", 'F', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opt_format, "Output format: \"diff\" or \"json\" or (default) \"block\"", "FORMAT" },
-   { "changelogs", 'c', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_changelogs, "Also output RPM changelogs", NULL },
-   { "sysroot", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opt_sysroot, "Use system root SYSROOT (default: /)", "SYSROOT" },
-   { "base", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_base, "Diff against deployments' base, not layered commits", NULL },
-@@ -157,6 +162,12 @@ rpmostree_db_builtin_diff (int argc, char **argv,
-       return FALSE;
-     }
- 
-+  if (g_str_equal (opt_format, "json") && opt_changelogs)
-+    {
-+      rpmostree_usage_error (context, "json format and --changelogs not supported", error);
-+      return FALSE;
-+    }
-+
-   const char *old_desc = NULL;
-   g_autofree char *old_checksum = NULL;
-   const char *new_desc = NULL;
-@@ -221,6 +232,36 @@ rpmostree_db_builtin_diff (int argc, char **argv,
- 
-     }
- 
-+  if (g_str_equal (opt_format, "json"))
-+    {
-+      g_auto(GVariantBuilder) builder;
-+      g_variant_builder_init (&builder, G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a{sv}"));
-+      g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "{sv}", "ostree-commit-from",
-+                             g_variant_new_string (old_checksum));
-+      g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "{sv}", "ostree-commit-to",
-+                             g_variant_new_string (new_checksum));
-+
-+      g_autoptr(GVariant) diffv = NULL;
-+      if (!rpm_ostree_db_diff_variant (repo, old_checksum, new_checksum,
-+                                       FALSE, &diffv, cancellable, error))
-+        return FALSE;
-+      g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "{sv}", "pkgdiff", diffv);
-+      g_autoptr(GVariant) metadata = g_variant_builder_end (&builder);
-+
-+      JsonNode *node = json_gvariant_serialize (metadata);
-+      glnx_unref_object JsonGenerator *generator = json_generator_new ();
-+      json_generator_set_pretty (generator, TRUE);
-+      json_generator_set_root (generator, node);
-+
-+      glnx_unref_object GOutputStream *stdout_gio = g_unix_output_stream_new (1, FALSE);
-+      /* NB: watch out for the misleading API docs */
-+      if (json_generator_to_stream (generator, stdout_gio, cancellable, error) <= 0
-+          || (error != NULL && *error != NULL))
-+        return FALSE;
-+
-+      return TRUE;
-+    }
-+
-   return print_diff (repo, old_desc, old_checksum, new_desc, new_checksum,
-                      cancellable, error);
- }
-diff --git a/tests/vmcheck/test-db.sh b/tests/vmcheck/test-db.sh
-index 4e03e1f5..5d762c3f 100755
---- a/tests/vmcheck/test-db.sh
-+++ b/tests/vmcheck/test-db.sh
-@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ check_diff $booted_csum $pending_csum \
-   +pkg-to-replace \
-   +pkg-to-replace-archtrans
- 
-+# also check the diff using json
-+vm_rpmostree db diff --format=json $booted_csum $pending_csum > diff.json
-+# See assert_replaced_local_pkg() for some syntax explanation. The .[1] == 0 bit
-+# is what filters by "pkgs added".
-+assert_jq diff.json \
-+  '[.pkgdiff|map(select(.[1] == 0))[][0]]|index("pkg-to-remove") >= 0' \
-+  '[.pkgdiff|map(select(.[1] == 0))[][0]]|index("pkg-to-replace") >= 0' \
-+  '[.pkgdiff|map(select(.[1] == 0))[][0]]|index("pkg-to-replace-archtrans") >= 0'
-+
- # check that it's the default behaviour without both args
- check_diff "" "" \
-   +pkg-to-remove \
--- 
-2.20.1
-
diff --git a/rpm-ostree.spec b/rpm-ostree.spec
index 9b5654c..cbd6057 100644
--- a/rpm-ostree.spec
+++ b/rpm-ostree.spec
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ Source0: rpm-ostree-%{version}.tar.xz
 License: LGPLv2+
 URL: https://github.com/projectatomic/rpm-ostree
 
-Patch0: 0001-app-db-diff-Add-format-json-output.patch
-
 ExclusiveArch: %{rust_arches}
 
 %if 0%{?fedora}