diff --git a/python3.spec b/python3.spec
index 02b3e63..b874b81 100644
--- a/python3.spec
+++ b/python3.spec
@@ -106,34 +106,6 @@
 # pyc/pyo files)
 
 
-# We need to get a newer configure generated out of configure.in for the following
-# patches:
-#   patch 55 (systemtap)
-#   patch 113 (more config flags)
-#
-# For patch 55 (systemtap), we need to get a new header for configure to use
-#
-# configure.in requires autoconf-2.65, but the version in Fedora is currently
-# autoconf-2.66
-#
-# For now, we'll generate a patch to the generated configure script and
-# pyconfig.h.in on a machine that has a local copy of autoconf 2.65
-#
-# Instructions on obtaining such a copy can be seen at
-#   http://bugs.python.org/issue7997
-#
-# To make it easy to regenerate the patch, this specfile can be run in two
-# ways:
-# (i) regenerate_autotooling_patch  0 : the normal approach: prep the
-# source tree using a pre-generated patch to the "configure" script, and do a
-# full build
-# (ii) regenerate_autotooling_patch 1 : intended to be run on a developer's
-# workstation: prep the source tree without patching configure, then rerun a
-# local copy of autoconf-2.65, regenerate the patch, then exit, without doing
-# the rest of the build
-%global regenerate_autotooling_patch 0
-
-
 # ==================
 # Top-level metadata
 # ==================
@@ -502,33 +474,6 @@ Patch206: 00206-remove-hf-from-arm-triplet.patch
 # Python.h header to fix a compilation error with OpenMP.
 Patch207: 00207-hide-atomic-symbols.patch
 
-
-
-# (New patches go here ^^^)
-#
-# When adding new patches to "python" and "python3" in Fedora 17 onwards,
-# please try to keep the patch numbers in-sync between the two specfiles:
-#
-#   - use the same patch number across both specfiles for conceptually-equivalent
-#     fixes, ideally with the same name
-#
-#   - when a patch is relevant to both specfiles, use the same introductory
-#     comment in both specfiles where possible (to improve "diff" output when
-#     comparing them)
-#
-#   - when a patch is only relevant for one of the two specfiles, leave a gap
-#     in the patch numbering in the other specfile, adding a comment when
-#     omitting a patch, both in the manifest section here, and in the "prep"
-#     phase below
-#
-# Hopefully this will make it easier to ensure that all relevant fixes are
-# applied to both versions.
-
-# This is the generated patch to "configure"; see the description of
-#   %{regenerate_autotooling_patch}
-# above:
-Patch5000: 05000-autotool-intermediates.patch
-
 # add correct arch for ppc64/ppc64le
 # it should be ppc64le-linux-gnu/ppc64-linux-gnu instead powerpc64le-linux-gnu/powerpc64-linux-gnu
 Patch5001: python3-powerppc-arch.patch
@@ -757,12 +702,6 @@ sed --in-place \
     --expression="s|http://docs.python.org/library|http://docs.python.org/%{pybasever}/library|g" \
     Lib/pydoc.py || exit 1
 
-%if ! 0%{regenerate_autotooling_patch}
-# Normally we apply the patch to "configure"
-# We don't apply the patch if we're working towards regenerating it
-%patch5000 -p0 -b .autotool-intermediates
-%endif
-
 %patch5001 -p1
 
 # ======================================================
@@ -779,29 +718,6 @@ export LINKCC="gcc"
 export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS `pkg-config --cflags openssl`"
 export LDFLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS `pkg-config --libs-only-L openssl`"
 
-%if 0%{regenerate_autotooling_patch}
-# If enabled, this code regenerates the patch to "configure", using a
-# local copy of autoconf-2.65, then exits the build
-#
-# The following assumes that the copy is installed to ~/autoconf-2.65/bin
-# as per these instructions:
-#   http://bugs.python.org/issue7997
-
-for f in pyconfig.h.in configure ; do
-    cp $f $f.autotool-intermediates ;
-done
-
-# Rerun the autotools:
-autoreconf
-
-# Regenerate the patch:
-gendiff . .autotool-intermediates > %{PATCH5000}
-
-
-# Exit the build
-exit 1
-%endif
-
 # Define a function, for how to perform a "build" of python for a given
 # configuration:
 BuildPython() {