diff --git a/dhcp-4.0.0-close-leaseFile.patch b/dhcp-4.0.0-close-leaseFile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6392680..0000000
--- a/dhcp-4.0.0-close-leaseFile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-diff -up dhcp-4.0.0/client/dhclient.c.leak dhcp-4.0.0/client/dhclient.c
---- dhcp-4.0.0/client/dhclient.c.leak	2008-02-05 17:55:57.000000000 -1000
-+++ dhcp-4.0.0/client/dhclient.c	2008-02-05 18:01:54.000000000 -1000
-@@ -2948,6 +2948,7 @@ void rewrite_client_leases ()
- 		}
- 	}
- 	fflush (leaseFile);
-+	fclose (leaseFile);
- }
- 
- void write_lease_option (struct option_cache *oc,
-@@ -3030,6 +3031,7 @@ write_duid(struct data_string *duid)
- 	if (fflush(leaseFile) != 0)
- 		return ISC_R_IOERROR;
- 
-+	fclose(leaseFile);
- 	return ISC_R_SUCCESS;
- }
- 
-@@ -3129,6 +3131,7 @@ write_client6_lease(struct client_state 
- 		}
- 	}
- 
-+	fclose(leaseFile);
- 	return ISC_R_SUCCESS;
- }
- 
-@@ -3264,6 +3267,8 @@ int write_client_lease (client, lease, r
- 			return 0;
- 		}
- 	}
-+
-+	fclose(leaseFile);
- 	return errors ? 0 : 1;
- }
- 
diff --git a/dhcp.spec b/dhcp.spec
index e8a9311..fec6861 100644
--- a/dhcp.spec
+++ b/dhcp.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary:  DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server and relay agent
 Name:     dhcp
 Version:  4.0.0
-Release:  7%{?dist}
+Release:  8%{?dist}
 # NEVER CHANGE THE EPOCH on this package.  The previous maintainer (prior to
 # dcantrell maintaining the package) made incorrect use of the epoch and
 # that's why it is at 12 now.  It should have never been used, but it was.
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ Patch13:  %{name}-4.0.0-dhclient-anycast.patch
 Patch14:  %{name}-4.0.0-manpages.patch
 Patch15:  %{name}-4.0.0-paths.patch
 Patch16:  %{name}-4.0.0-libdhcp4client.patch
-Patch17:  %{name}-4.0.0-close-leaseFile.patch
 
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: autoconf
@@ -190,9 +189,6 @@ client library.
 # Add the libdhcp4client target (library version of dhclient)
 %patch16 -p1
 
-# Close _PATH_DHCLIENT_DB so we don't leak file descriptors
-%patch17 -p1
-
 # Copy in documentation and example scripts for LDAP patch to dhcpd
 %{__install} -p -m 0644 %{SOURCE5} .
 %{__install} -p -m 0644 %{SOURCE6} doc/
@@ -405,6 +401,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/libdhcp4client.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 06 2008 David Cantrell <dcantrell@redhat.com> - 12:4.0.0-8
+- Remove invalid fclose() patch
+
 * Tue Feb 05 2008 David Cantrell <dcantrell@redhat.com> - 12:4.0.0-7
 - Don't leak /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient.leases file descriptors (#429890)