diff --git a/00163-disable-parts-of-test_socket-in-rpm-build.patch b/00163-disable-parts-of-test_socket-in-rpm-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e28036..0000000
--- a/00163-disable-parts-of-test_socket-in-rpm-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -up Python-3.3.0b1/Lib/test/test_socket.py.disable-test_socket-in-rpm-builds Python-3.3.0b1/Lib/test/test_socket.py
---- Python-3.3.0b1/Lib/test/test_socket.py.disable-test_socket-in-rpm-builds	2012-07-24 15:02:30.823355067 -0400
-+++ Python-3.3.0b1/Lib/test/test_socket.py	2012-07-24 15:08:13.021354999 -0400
-@@ -2188,6 +2188,7 @@ class RecvmsgGenericStreamTests(RecvmsgG
-     # Tests which require a stream socket and can use either recvmsg()
-     # or recvmsg_into().
- 
-+    @unittest._skipInRpmBuild('fails intermittently when run within Koji')
-     def testRecvmsgEOF(self):
-         # Receive end-of-stream indicator (b"", peer socket closed).
-         msg, ancdata, flags, addr = self.doRecvmsg(self.serv_sock, 1024)
diff --git a/python38.spec b/python38.spec
index b36a090..4be2a41 100644
--- a/python38.spec
+++ b/python38.spec
@@ -260,12 +260,6 @@ Patch132: 00132-add-rpmbuild-hooks-to-unittest.patch
 # Not yet sent upstream
 Patch160: 00160-disable-test_fs_holes-in-rpm-build.patch
 
-# 00163 #
-# Some tests within test_socket fail intermittently when run inside Koji;
-# disable them using unittest._skipInRpmBuild
-# Not yet sent upstream
-Patch163: 00163-disable-parts-of-test_socket-in-rpm-build.patch
-
 # 00178 #
 # Don't duplicate various FLAGS in sysconfig values
 # http://bugs.python.org/issue17679
@@ -568,7 +562,6 @@ rm -r Modules/expat
 %patch111 -p1
 %patch132 -p1
 %patch160 -p1
-%patch163 -p1
 %patch178 -p1
 
 %if %{with rpmwheels}