diff --git a/syslinux.spec b/syslinux.spec
index f07d1c6..0e1f9d7 100644
--- a/syslinux.spec
+++ b/syslinux.spec
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ Summary: Simple kernel loader which boots from a FAT filesystem
 Name: syslinux
 Version: 3.61
 %define tarball_version 3.61
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPL
 Group: Applications/System
 URL: http://syslinux.zytor.com/
 Source0: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/%{name}-%{tarball_version}.tar.bz2
-Patch0: syslinux-2.08-x86_64.patch
-Patch1: syslinux-3.36-16bpp.patch
 ExclusiveArch: i386 x86_64
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: nasm >= 0.98.38-1, perl, netpbm-progs
@@ -35,8 +33,6 @@ MEMDISK, which loads legacy operating systems from these media.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n syslinux-%{tarball_version}
-%patch0 -p1 -b .x86_64
-%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 CFLAGS="-Werror -Wno-unused -finline-limit=2000"
@@ -100,6 +96,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_datadir}/syslinux/
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 25 2008 Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com> - 3.61-2
+- Remove 16bpp patch, hpa says that's there to cover a bug that's fixed.
+- Remove x86_64 patch; building without it works now.
+
 * Tue Feb 21 2008 Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com> - 3.61-1
 - Update to 3.61 .