diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 951948c..2565b5b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ scipy-0.7.2.tar.gz
 /scipy-1.7.0.tar.gz
 /scipy-1.7.3.tar.gz
 /scipy-1.8.0.tar.gz
+/scipy-1.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/scipy.spec b/scipy.spec
index f5695c1..0a5898d 100644
--- a/scipy.spec
+++ b/scipy.spec
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
 Summary:    Scientific Tools for Python
 Name:       scipy
-Version:    1.8.0
-Release:    3%{?dist}
+Version:    1.8.1
+Release:    1%{?dist}
 
 # BSD -- whole package except:
 # Boost -- scipy/special/cephes/scipy_iv.c
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ License:    BSD and Boost and Public Domain
 Url:        http://www.scipy.org/scipylib/index.html
 Source0:    https://github.com/scipy/scipy/releases/download/v%{version}/scipy-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-# https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/15306
-Patch0:     skip-build.patch
-
 BuildRequires: fftw-devel, suitesparse-devel
 BuildRequires: %{blaslib}-devel
 BuildRequires: gcc-gfortran, swig, gcc-c++
@@ -177,7 +174,7 @@ export PYTEST_ADDOPTS="-k 'not TestSchur and \
 TIMEOUT=1000
 %endif
 
-%ifarch aarch64
+%ifarch aarch64 || ppc64le
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1959353
 export PYTEST_ADDOPTS="-k 'not TestSchur and not test_solve_discrete_are'"
 %endif
@@ -192,18 +189,12 @@ export PYTEST_ADDOPTS="-k 'not TestSchur and not test_sygst'"
 export PYTEST_ADDOPTS="-k 'not TestSchur and not test_sygst and not test_cython_api'"
 %endif
 
-# tests on ppc64le are temporarily disabled as they segfault a lot:
-# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1959353
-%ifnarch ppc64le
-
 pushd %{buildroot}/%{python3_sitearch}
 %{pytest} --timeout=${TIMEOUT} scipy --numprocesses=auto
 # Remove test remnants
 rm -rf gram{A,B}
 popd
 
-%endif
-
 %files -n python3-scipy
 %doc LICENSE.txt
 %{python3_sitearch}/scipy/
@@ -216,6 +207,10 @@ popd
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 09 2022 Nikola Forró <nforro@redhat.com> - 1.8.1-1
+- New upstream release 1.8.1
+  resolves: #2088437
+
 * Sat Mar 26 2022 Nikola Forró <nforro@redhat.com> - 1.8.0-3
 - Skip test_cython_api also on armv7hl
 
diff --git a/skip-build.patch b/skip-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 37caaf8..0000000
--- a/skip-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-From 84658e69c2b5f8767c56eaed5151b66a4c0b1e55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers@gmail.com>
-Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:47:28 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Revert "BLD Respect the --skip-build flag in setup.py"
- (#15306)
-
----
- setup.py | 2 --
- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 002531fcc00..d91916e5894 100755
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -488,8 +488,6 @@ def setup_package():
-     if "--force" in sys.argv:
-         run_build = True
-         sys.argv.remove('--force')
--    elif "--skip-build" in sys.argv:
--        run_build = False
-     else:
-         # Raise errors for unsupported commands, improve help output, etc.
-         run_build = check_setuppy_command()
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1ff76fd..4a1a758 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (scipy-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 674652728ae76479d17189e6974895bb838a8e83b17b9fb91c5f86faebf2a1387e1466555ac5b51d05c293f9b31b9a72e634f5858105ea984ca94bd2f05bbb4c
+SHA512 (scipy-1.8.1.tar.gz) = f6fc71c209991fe82baa4b10d8ade0deb1057f6f5942a91dfb7ae45f3eb78a4535efa2861badf5e2d37239fa99dbd99de760aa7e4854b95991ade0263004e7ea