diff --git a/00164-disable-interrupted_write-tests-on-ppc.patch b/00164-disable-interrupted_write-tests-on-ppc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5641b4b..0000000
--- a/00164-disable-interrupted_write-tests-on-ppc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-diff -up Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py.ppc Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
---- Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py.ppc	2014-10-08 04:18:13.000000000 -0400
-+++ Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py	2015-01-12 05:56:15.922833055 -0500
-@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ class ExceptionTests(unittest.TestCase):
-         self.assertIsNone(e.__context__)
-         self.assertIsNone(e.__cause__)
- 
-+    @unittest.skip('rhbz#846849')
-     def testChainingDescriptors(self):
-         try:
-             raise Exception()
-diff -up Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_io.py.ppc Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_io.py
---- Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_io.py.ppc	2015-01-12 05:56:15.922833055 -0500
-+++ Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_io.py	2015-01-12 05:58:23.482833055 -0500
-@@ -3296,12 +3296,15 @@ class SignalsTest(unittest.TestCase):
-                 if e.errno != errno.EBADF:
-                     raise
- 
-+    @unittest.skip('rhbz#846849')
-     def test_interrupted_write_unbuffered(self):
-         self.check_interrupted_write(b"xy", b"xy", mode="wb", buffering=0)
- 
-+    @unittest.skip('rhbz#846849')
-     def test_interrupted_write_buffered(self):
-         self.check_interrupted_write(b"xy", b"xy", mode="wb")
- 
-+    @unittest.skip('rhbz#846849')
-     # Issue #22331: The test hangs on FreeBSD 7.2
-     @support.requires_freebsd_version(8)
-     def test_interrupted_write_text(self):
-diff -up Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_raise.py.ppc Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_raise.py
---- Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_raise.py.ppc	2014-10-08 04:18:14.000000000 -0400
-+++ Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_raise.py	2015-01-12 05:56:15.922833055 -0500
-@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ class TestRaise(unittest.TestCase):
- 
- class TestCause(unittest.TestCase):
- 
-+    @unittest.skip('rhbz#846849')
-     def testCauseSyntax(self):
-         try:
-             try:
-diff -up Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_traceback.py.ppc Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
---- Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_traceback.py.ppc	2014-10-08 04:18:14.000000000 -0400
-+++ Python-3.4.2/Lib/test/test_traceback.py	2015-01-12 05:56:15.922833055 -0500
-@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ class BaseExceptionReportingTests:
-         self.check_zero_div(blocks[0])
-         self.assertIn('inner_raise() # Marker', blocks[2])
- 
-+    @unittest.skip('rhbz#846849')
-     def test_context_suppression(self):
-         try:
-             try:
diff --git a/python3.spec b/python3.spec
index c81b3b0..fa2c82a 100644
--- a/python3.spec
+++ b/python3.spec
@@ -320,12 +320,6 @@ Patch160: 00160-disable-test_fs_holes-in-rpm-build.patch
 # Not yet sent upstream
 Patch163: 00163-disable-parts-of-test_socket-in-rpm-build.patch
 
-# 0164 #
-# some tests in test._io interrupted_write-* fail on PPC (rhbz#846849)
-# testChainingDescriptors  test in test_exceptions fails on PPc, too (rhbz#846849)
-# disable those tests so that rebuilds on PPC can continue
-Patch164: 00164-disable-interrupted_write-tests-on-ppc.patch
-
 # 00170 #                                                                                           
 # In debug builds, try to print repr() when a C-level assert fails in the                           
 # garbage collector (typically indicating a reference-counting error                                
@@ -653,9 +647,6 @@ sed -r -i s/'_PIP_VERSION = "[0-9.]+"'/'_PIP_VERSION = "%{pip_version}"'/ Lib/en
 %patch157 -p1
 %patch160 -p1
 %patch163 -p1
-%ifarch ppc %{power64}
-%patch164 -p1
-%endif
 %patch173 -p1
 %patch178 -p1
 %patch179 -p1