diff --git a/rpmdevtools-9.3-no_qa_robot.patch b/rpmdevtools-9.3-no_qa_robot.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96b557a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpmdevtools-9.3-no_qa_robot.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -up rpmdevtools-9.3/Makefile.am.orig rpmdevtools-9.3/Makefile.am
+--- rpmdevtools-9.3/Makefile.am.orig	2021-01-22 17:16:13.001772708 +0100
++++ rpmdevtools-9.3/Makefile.am	2021-01-22 17:16:29.477084436 +0100
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-SUBDIRS = emacs qa-robot
++SUBDIRS = emacs
+ 
+ pkgsysconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/rpmdevtools
+ bashcompdir = @bashcompdir@
+diff -up rpmdevtools-9.3/Makefile.in.orig rpmdevtools-9.3/Makefile.in
+--- rpmdevtools-9.3/Makefile.in.orig	2021-01-22 17:16:05.401628907 +0100
++++ rpmdevtools-9.3/Makefile.in	2021-01-22 17:16:23.122964213 +0100
+@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ target_alias = @target_alias@
+ top_build_prefix = @top_build_prefix@
+ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
+ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
+-SUBDIRS = emacs qa-robot
++SUBDIRS = emacs
+ pkgsysconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/rpmdevtools
+ bin_SCRIPTS = rpmdev-newinit rpmdev-newspec rpmdev-rmdevelrpms
+ dist_bin_SCRIPTS = rpmdev-checksig rpmdev-diff rpmdev-extract rpmdev-md5 \
diff --git a/rpmdevtools.spec b/rpmdevtools.spec
index b11248d..4994659 100644
--- a/rpmdevtools.spec
+++ b/rpmdevtools.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ Patch1:         https://pagure.io/rpmdevtools/pull-request/77.patch
 ## Force legacy datestamp by default until rhbz#1715412 is resolved
 Patch1001:      0001-Force-legacy-datestamp-while-RHBZ-1715412-is-still-a.patch
 
+# RHEL-specific downstream patches
+## Remove fakeroot dependency (rhbz#1905465)
+Patch2001:      rpmdevtools-9.3-no_qa_robot.patch
+
 BuildArch:      noarch
 # help2man, pod2man, *python for creating man pages
 BuildRequires:  make
@@ -37,7 +41,6 @@ BuildRequires:  xemacs-common >= 21.5.29-8
 %endif
 Requires:       curl
 Requires:       diffutils
-Requires:       fakeroot
 Requires:       file
 Requires:       findutils
 Requires:       gawk
@@ -133,6 +136,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/rpmdevtools/
 %changelog
 * Thu Feb 11 2021 Michal Domonkos <mdomonko@redhat.com> - 9.3-5
 - Drop progressbar2 dependency and bundle a tiny replacement (#1927784)
+- Drop fakeroot dependency and qa-robot scripts (#1905465)
 
 * Wed Jan 27 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 9.3-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild