diff --git a/sane-backends.spec b/sane-backends.spec
index 9fac365..178d19d 100644
--- a/sane-backends.spec
+++ b/sane-backends.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Source0: ftp://ftp.sane-project.org/pub/sane/%{name}-%{version}/%{name}-%{versio
 Source1: sane.png
 Source2: libusbscanner
 Patch1: sane-backends-1.0.11-rpath.patch
-Patch2: sane-backends-1.0.11-docdir.patch
 Patch3: sane-backends-1.0.12-badcode.patch
 Patch5: sane-backends-multilib.patch
 URL: http://www.sane-project.org
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ included in the sane-backends package.
 %setup -q
 
 %patch1 -p1 -b .rpath
-%patch2 -p1 -b .docdir
 %patch3 -p1 -b .badcode
 %patch5 -p1 -b .multilib
 
@@ -138,6 +136,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %changelog
 * Fri Aug 19 2005 Nils Philippsen <nphilipp@redhat.com> 1.0.16-1
 - version 1.0.16
+- remove obsolete docdir patch
 
 * Mon Jul 25 2005 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
 - Fixed libusbscanner comment (bug #162983).