diff --git a/python-fabric-remove-pathlib2.patch b/python-fabric-remove-pathlib2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9eba585..0000000
--- a/python-fabric-remove-pathlib2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From 90c65d40a00ad5a0ae70bef95bea188a948e4236 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Major Hayden <major@redhat.com>
-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 06:59:11 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Remove pathlib2 requirement
-
-Fabric tries to use the standard pathlib library provided with Python 3
-if it exists. The old pathlib2 requirement for Python 2.x is no longer
-needed.
-
-Signed-off-by: Major Hayden <major@mhtx.net>
----
- setup.py | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index e41fe6e1..0a941cc1 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
-         "CI": "https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/fabric/fabric",
-         "Twitter": "https://twitter.com/pyfabric",
-     },
--    install_requires=["invoke>=1.3,<2.0", "paramiko>=2.4", "pathlib2"],
-+    install_requires=["invoke>=1.3,<2.0", "paramiko>=2.4"],
-     extras_require={
-         "testing": testing_deps,
-         "pytest": testing_deps + pytest_deps,
--- 
-2.35.1
-
diff --git a/python-fabric.spec b/python-fabric.spec
index da15c3e..31e5b68 100644
--- a/python-fabric.spec
+++ b/python-fabric.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Summary:        High level SSH command execution
 License:        BSD
 URL:            %forgeurl
 Source0:        %forgesource
-Patch0:         python-fabric-remove-pathlib2.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -52,6 +51,8 @@ Summary:        %{summary}
 %prep
 %forgeautosetup -p1
 
+# Allow a slightly older invoke version.
+sed -i 's/invoke>=2.0/invoke>=1.7/' setup.py
 
 %generate_buildrequires
 %pyproject_buildrequires