diff --git a/sane-backends.spec b/sane-backends.spec
index 91f0164..eda8b8d 100644
--- a/sane-backends.spec
+++ b/sane-backends.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Source1: sane.png
 Patch1: sane-backends-1.0.18-rpath.patch
 Patch2: sane-backends-1.0.12-badcode.patch
 Patch3: sane-backends-multilib.patch
-Patch4: sane-backends-1.0.17-newmodels.patch
 Patch5: sane-backends-1.0.17-pkgconfig.patch
 URL: http://www.sane-project.org
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root-%(%__id_u -n)
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ over a network.
 %patch1 -p1 -b .rpath
 %patch2 -p1 -b .badcode
 %patch3 -p1 -b .multilib
-%patch4 -p1 -b .newmodels
 %patch5 -p1 -b .pkgconfig
 
 # Fix bug #62847.
@@ -258,6 +256,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 - version 1.0.18
 - unify spec file between OS releases
 - update rpath patch
+- remove obsolete newmodels patch
 
 * Wed Jul 12 2006 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com> - 1.0.17-13.1
 - rebuild