diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5f7286..e083238 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@
 /shapely-1.8.1.tar.gz
 /shapely-1.8.1.post1.tar.gz
 /shapely-1.8.2.tar.gz
+/shapely-1.8.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/ef380ba8796702a56e05138ed8599e89f617d2c9.patch b/ef380ba8796702a56e05138ed8599e89f617d2c9.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9beb863..0000000
--- a/ef380ba8796702a56e05138ed8599e89f617d2c9.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-From ef380ba8796702a56e05138ed8599e89f617d2c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Joris Van den Bossche <jorisvandenbossche@gmail.com>
-Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 11:14:30 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] update parallel offset test for GEOS 3.11
-
----
- tests/test_parallel_offset.py | 6 ++++--
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/tests/test_parallel_offset.py b/tests/test_parallel_offset.py
-index 7dbbe55c..661291a5 100644
---- a/tests/test_parallel_offset.py
-+++ b/tests/test_parallel_offset.py
-@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ def test_parallel_offset_linestring(self):
-         left = line1.parallel_offset(5, 'left')
-         self.assertEqual(left, LineString([(0, 5), (10, 5)]))
-         right = line1.parallel_offset(5, 'right')
--        self.assertEqual(right, LineString([(10, -5), (0, -5)]))
-+        # using spatial equality because the order of coordinates is not guaranteed
-+        # (GEOS 3.11 changed this, see https://github.com/shapely/shapely/issues/1436)
-+        assert right.equals(LineString([(10, -5), (0, -5)]))
-         right = line1.parallel_offset(-5, 'left')
--        self.assertEqual(right, LineString([(10, -5), (0, -5)]))
-+        assert right.equals(LineString([(10, -5), (0, -5)]))
-         left = line1.parallel_offset(-5, 'right')
-         self.assertEqual(left, LineString([(0, 5), (10, 5)]))
- 
diff --git a/python-shapely.spec b/python-shapely.spec
index 9423110..a5b2c43 100644
--- a/python-shapely.spec
+++ b/python-shapely.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %bcond_without doc_pdf
 
 Name:           python-shapely
-Version:        1.8.2
+Version:        1.8.4
 Release:        %autorelease
 Summary:        Manipulation and analysis of geometric objects in the Cartesian plane
 
@@ -13,15 +13,6 @@ License:        BSD-3-Clause
 URL:            https://github.com/shapely/shapely
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/shapely-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-# update parallel offset test for GEOS 3.11
-# https://github.com/shapely/shapely/commit/ef380ba8796702a56e05138ed8599e89f617d2c9
-#
-# Works around:
-#
-# Shapely relying on inconsistent GEOS behavior? (Using geos 3.11.0)
-# https://github.com/shapely/shapely/issues/1436
-Patch:          %{url}/commit/ef380ba8796702a56e05138ed8599e89f617d2c9.patch
-
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  geos-devel
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 6d0c1c2..e9e17a9 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (shapely-1.8.2.tar.gz) = c85323f180622235257aed28c85640c63bb43cbcb2bd7ed9b354a0f23a92e0ca8becf7a94e85edea3a90cfd01017ddfc6f268f4bb2945639c2cae29a73292bd6
+SHA512 (shapely-1.8.4.tar.gz) = 8b57a2e83f8eb10a041f6a8d9170b84ed708a5835a16874761e5ccec0453ff34a282aeefb0367ab79c85216a68f5bb8b4b75503e81eaa3f7277f4036b8b0b242