diff --git a/coreutils-i18n-expand-unexpand.patch b/coreutils-i18n-expand-unexpand.patch
index c901740..6cccdf6 100644
--- a/coreutils-i18n-expand-unexpand.patch
+++ b/coreutils-i18n-expand-unexpand.patch
@@ -588,18 +588,18 @@ index 7801274..569a7ee 100644
                  {
                    /* Go back one column, and force recalculation of the
                       next tab stop.  */
-@@ -221,7 +235,9 @@ unexpand (void)
+@@ -221,16 +235,20 @@ unexpand (void)
                  }
                else
                  {
 -                  column++;
-+                  /* mb_width() returns 0 for control characters */
-+                  const int width = mb_width (c);
-+                  column += MAX(1, width);
-                   if (!column)
+-                  if (!column)
++                  const uintmax_t orig_column = column;
++                  column += mb_width (c);
++                  if (column < orig_column)
                      die (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("input line is too long"));
                  }
-@@ -229,8 +245,11 @@ unexpand (void)
+ 
                if (pending)
                  {
                    if (pending > 1 && one_blank_before_tab_stop)
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ index 7801274..569a7ee 100644
                      die (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("write error"));
                    pending = 0;
                    one_blank_before_tab_stop = false;
-@@ -240,16 +259,17 @@ unexpand (void)
+@@ -240,16 +258,17 @@ unexpand (void)
                convert &= convert_entire_line || blank;
              }
  
diff --git a/coreutils-i18n-fix-unexpand.patch b/coreutils-i18n-fix-unexpand.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e9d69a1..0000000
--- a/coreutils-i18n-fix-unexpand.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From 02424bfcd719bbaa695f4e1c3ef17ad91b0d23c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>
-Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 20:57:22 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] unexpand: fix blank line handling
-
-  echo '' |./src/unexpand -a
-
-Really?
----
- src/unexpand.c | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/unexpand.c b/src/unexpand.c
-index 569a7ee..3bbbd66 100644
---- a/src/unexpand.c
-+++ b/src/unexpand.c
-@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ unexpand (void)
-                   next_tab_column = column;
-                   tab_index -= !!tab_index;
-                 }
--              else
-+              else if (!mb_iseq (c, '\n'))
-                 {
-                   /* mb_width() returns 0 for control characters */
-                   const int width = mb_width (c);
--- 
-2.7.4
-
diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index 7877ccb..986a619 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
 Name:    coreutils
 Version: 8.32
-Release: 35%{?dist}
+Release: 36%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Url:     https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
 Source0: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ Patch800: coreutils-i18n.patch
 Patch801: coreutils-i18n-expand-unexpand.patch
 # i18n patch for cut - old version - used
 Patch804: coreutils-i18n-cut-old.patch
-# The unexpand patch above is not correct. Sent to the patch authors
-Patch803: coreutils-i18n-fix-unexpand.patch
 #(un)expand - allow multiple files on input - broken by patch 801
 Patch805: coreutils-i18n-fix2-expand-unexpand.patch
 #(un)expand - test BOM headers
@@ -331,6 +329,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_infodir}/dir
 %license COPYING
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 08 2022 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 8.32-36
+- improve handling of control characters in unexpand (#2112870)
+
 * Mon Aug 01 2022 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 8.32-35
 - make the last fix actually effective (#2112870)