diff --git a/00143-tsc-on-ppc.patch b/00143-tsc-on-ppc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d3e876..0000000
--- a/00143-tsc-on-ppc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-diff -up Python-2.7.2/Python/ceval.c.tsc-on-ppc Python-2.7.2/Python/ceval.c
---- Python-2.7.2/Python/ceval.c.tsc-on-ppc	2011-08-23 14:59:48.051300849 -0400
-+++ Python-2.7.2/Python/ceval.c	2011-08-23 15:33:25.412162902 -0400
-@@ -37,24 +37,42 @@ typedef unsigned long long uint64;
- */
- #if defined(__ppc__) || defined (__powerpc__)
- 
--#define READ_TIMESTAMP(var) ppc_getcounter(&var)
-+#if defined( __powerpc64__) || defined(__LP64__)
-+/* 64-bit PowerPC */
-+#define READ_TIMESTAMP(var) ppc64_getcounter(&var)
-+static void
-+ppc64_getcounter(uint64 *v)
-+{
-+    /* On 64-bit PowerPC we can read the 64-bit timebase directly into a
-+       64-bit register */
-+    uint64 timebase;
-+#ifdef _ARCH_PWR4
-+    asm volatile ("mfspr %0,268" : "=r" (timebase));
-+#else
-+    asm volatile ("mftb %0" : "=r" (timebase));
-+#endif
-+    *v = timebase;
-+}
-+
-+#else
-+/* 32-bit PowerPC */
-+#define READ_TIMESTAMP(var) ppc32_getcounter(&var)
- 
- static void
--ppc_getcounter(uint64 *v)
-+ppc32_getcounter(uint64 *v)
- {
--    unsigned long tbu, tb, tbu2;
-+    union { long long ll; long ii[2]; } u;
-+    long tmp;
- 
-   loop:
--    asm volatile ("mftbu %0" : "=r" (tbu) );
--    asm volatile ("mftb  %0" : "=r" (tb)  );
--    asm volatile ("mftbu %0" : "=r" (tbu2));
--    if (__builtin_expect(tbu != tbu2, 0)) goto loop;
--
--    /* The slightly peculiar way of writing the next lines is
--       compiled better by GCC than any other way I tried. */
--    ((long*)(v))[0] = tbu;
--    ((long*)(v))[1] = tb;
-+    asm volatile ("mftbu %0" : "=r" (u.ii[0]) );
-+    asm volatile ("mftb  %0" : "=r" (u.ii[1]) );
-+    asm volatile ("mftbu %0" : "=r" (tmp));
-+    if (__builtin_expect(u.ii[0] != tmp, 0)) goto loop;
-+
-+    *v = u.ll;
- }
-+#endif /* powerpc 32/64 bit */
- 
- #elif defined(__i386__)
- 
diff --git a/python3.spec b/python3.spec
index 6d3ef9b..ad3399b 100644
--- a/python3.spec
+++ b/python3.spec
@@ -258,12 +258,6 @@ Patch132: 00132-add-rpmbuild-hooks-to-unittest.patch
 # Some tests within distutils fail when run in an rpmbuild:
 Patch137: 00137-skip-distutils-tests-that-fail-in-rpmbuild.patch
 
-# 00143 #
-# Fix the --with-tsc option on ppc64, and rework it on 32-bit ppc to avoid
-# aliasing violations (rhbz#698726)
-# Sent upstream as http://bugs.python.org/issue12872
-Patch143: 00143-tsc-on-ppc.patch
-
 # 00146 #
 # Support OpenSSL FIPS mode (e.g. when OPENSSL_FORCE_FIPS_MODE=1 is set)
 # - handle failures from OpenSSL (e.g. on attempts to use MD5 in a
@@ -613,7 +607,6 @@ sed -r -i s/'_PIP_VERSION = "[0-9.]+"'/'_PIP_VERSION = "%{pip_version}"'/ Lib/en
 %patch111 -p1
 %patch132 -p1
 %patch137 -p1
-#patch143 -p1 -b .tsc-on-ppc
 #patch146 -p1
 %patch155 -p1
 %patch157 -p1
@@ -719,7 +712,7 @@ BuildPython debug \
   python-debug \
   python%{pybasever}-debug \
 %ifarch %{ix86} x86_64 ppc %{power64}
-  "--with-pydebug --with-tsc --without-ensurepip" \
+  "--with-pydebug --without-ensurepip" \
 %else
   "--with-pydebug --without-ensurepip" \
 %endif