diff --git a/nettle.spec b/nettle.spec
index d4b8ec5..b7cfbc6 100644
--- a/nettle.spec
+++ b/nettle.spec
@@ -36,14 +36,6 @@ kernel space.  This package contains kernel headers.
 %setup -q
 # Disable -ggdb3 which makes debugedit unhappy
 sed s/ggdb3/g/ -i configure
-# Welcome to the 21st century. Thankfully the legacy charset crap is fixed in 2.5
-# Patch was sent for the FSF address on 2012-06-18.
-for a in NEWS README ChangeLog nettle.texinfo *.[ch] tools/*.[ch] descore.README ; do
-    /usr/bin/iconv -f iso8859-1 -t utf-8 $a |
-    sed -e 's/59 Temple Place.* Suite 330/51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor/' \
-        -e 's/MA.*02111-1307/MA 02111-1301/' > $a.conf && mv -f $a.conf $a
-done
-sed -i s/ISO-8859-1/UTF-8/ -i nettle.texinfo
 
 %build
 %configure --enable-shared