diff --git a/gedit-disable-python3.patch b/gedit-disable-python3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a7463f8..0000000
--- a/gedit-disable-python3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- gedit-3.8.1/configure.ac
-+++ gedit-3.8.1/configure.ac
-@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
- # needed on osx
- AC_PROG_OBJC
- 
--AM_PATH_PYTHON(3.2.3)
-+AM_PATH_PYTHON
- 
- # Initialize libtool
- LT_PREREQ([2.2.6])
---- gedit-3.8.1/gedit/gedit-plugins-engine.c
-+++ gedit-3.8.1/gedit/gedit-plugins-engine.c
-@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ gedit_plugins_engine_init (GeditPluginsE
- 	                                            GEDIT_TYPE_PLUGINS_ENGINE,
- 	                                            GeditPluginsEnginePrivate);
- 
--	peas_engine_enable_loader (PEAS_ENGINE (engine), "python3");
-+	peas_engine_enable_loader (PEAS_ENGINE (engine), "python");
- 
- 	engine->priv->plugin_settings = g_settings_new ("org.gnome.gedit.plugins");
- 
diff --git a/gedit.spec b/gedit.spec
index 9761ccf..fc6efad 100644
--- a/gedit.spec
+++ b/gedit.spec
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ URL:		http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/
 Requires(post):         desktop-file-utils >= %{desktop_file_utils_version}
 Requires(postun):       desktop-file-utils >= %{desktop_file_utils_version}
 
-Patch4: gedit-disable-python3.patch
-
 BuildRequires: gnome-common
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
 BuildRequires: gtk3-devel >= %{gtk3_version}
@@ -102,10 +100,6 @@ Install gedit-devel if you want to write plugins for gedit.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
-%if !%{with_python3}
-%patch4 -p1 -b .disable-python
-%endif
-
 autoreconf -i -f
 intltoolize -f