diff --git a/file-5.44-readelf-limit-revert.patch b/file-5.44-readelf-limit-revert.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4efcf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file-5.44-readelf-limit-revert.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/src/readelf.c b/src/readelf.c
+index 97d1451..f6e3bec 100644
+--- a/src/readelf.c
++++ b/src/readelf.c
+@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ file_private uint64_t getu64(int, uint64_t);
+ 
+ #define MAX_PHNUM	128
+ #define	MAX_SHNUM	32768
+-#define MAX_SHSIZE	(64 * 1024 * 1024)
+ #define SIZE_UNKNOWN	CAST(off_t, -1)
+ 
+ file_private int
+@@ -1453,12 +1452,6 @@ doshn(struct magic_set *ms, int clazz, int swap, int fd, off_t off, int num,
+ 					return -1;
+ 				return 0;
+ 			}
+-			if (xsh_size > MAX_SHSIZE) {
+-				file_error(ms, errno, "Note section size too "
+-				    "big (%ju > %u)", (uintmax_t)xsh_size,
+-				    MAX_SHSIZE);
+-				return -1;
+-			}
+ 			if ((nbuf = malloc(xsh_size)) == NULL) {
+ 				file_error(ms, errno, "Cannot allocate memory"
+ 				    " for note");
diff --git a/file-5.44-readelf-limit.patch b/file-5.44-readelf-limit.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 16d9264..0000000
--- a/file-5.44-readelf-limit.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From ba70807a0dab752835293cc586e104b5dedd9c3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Vincent Mihalkovic <vmihalko@redhat.com>
-Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 13:01:36 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] readelf: limit size of the note section to 128M
-
----
- src/readelf.c | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/readelf.c b/src/readelf.c
-index 97d1451..ca158b1 100644
---- a/src/readelf.c
-+++ b/src/readelf.c
-@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ file_private uint64_t getu64(int, uint64_t);
- 
- #define MAX_PHNUM	128
- #define	MAX_SHNUM	32768
--#define MAX_SHSIZE	(64 * 1024 * 1024)
-+#define MAX_SHSIZE	(128 * 1024 * 1024)
- #define SIZE_UNKNOWN	CAST(off_t, -1)
- 
- file_private int
--- 
-2.39.1
-
diff --git a/file.spec b/file.spec
index abe8ecf..accffb9 100644
--- a/file.spec
+++ b/file.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 Summary: Utility for determining file types
 Name: file
 Version: 5.44
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 Source0: http://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: http://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-%{version}.tar.gz.asc
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ Patch2: file-5.04-volume_key.patch
 # upstream commit: https://github.com/file/file/commit/1dd21dd360472d7b830825df8e40a06cdc1cbbcf
 Patch3: file-5.44-compression.patch
 
-# not yet in upstream
-Patch4: file-5.44-readelf-limit.patch
+# revert upstream commit: https://github.com/file/file/commit/e1233247bbe4d2d66b891224336a23384a93cce1
+Patch4: file-5.44-readelf-limit-revert.patch
 
 URL: https://www.darwinsys.com/file/
 Requires: file-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ make -C tests check
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 01 2023 Vincent Mihalkovic <vmihalko@redhat.com> - 5.44-3
+- Remove the size limit check of the elf note section (rhbz#2167964)
+
 * Thu Feb 09 2023 Vincent Mihalkovic <vmihalko@redhat.com> - 5.44-2
 - Fix the size limit of the elf note section (rhbz#2167964)
   Test written by lzaoral, thanks!