diff --git a/tcsh-6.15.00-closem.patch b/tcsh-6.15.00-closem.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2dd2412..0000000
--- a/tcsh-6.15.00-closem.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-From fbf64f9d9addb60153732298ec7e9bf592831bf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Miloslav Trmac <mitr@fedoraproject.org>
-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:29:02 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 01/14] Do not close sockets
-
-orig dist-git commit: f02674e96a7888a7322611b45f6b63a1f5db0fef
----
- sh.misc.c | 11 +++++++++++
- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/sh.misc.c b/sh.misc.c
-index 08ec30d..08d110f 100644
---- a/sh.misc.c
-+++ b/sh.misc.c
-@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ void
- closem(void)
- {
-     int f, num_files;
-+    struct stat st;
- 
- #ifdef NLS_BUGS
- #ifdef NLS_CATALOGS
-@@ -274,6 +275,16 @@ closem(void)
- #ifdef MALLOC_TRACE
- 	    && f != 25
- #endif /* MALLOC_TRACE */
-+#ifdef S_ISSOCK
-+           /* NSS modules (e.g. Linux nss_ldap) might keep sockets open.
-+            * If we close such a socket, both the NSS module and tcsh think
-+            * they "own" the descriptor.
-+            *
-+            * Not closing sockets does not make the cleanup use of closem()
-+            * less reliable because tcsh never creates sockets.
-+            */
-+           && fstat(f, &st) == 0 && !S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode)
-+#endif
- 	    )
- 	  {
- 	    xclose(f);
--- 
-1.9.3
-
diff --git a/tcsh.spec b/tcsh.spec
index d6e22a9..1d94282 100644
--- a/tcsh.spec
+++ b/tcsh.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Source: ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/tcsh/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 # Downstream patches -- these should be always included when doing rebase:
 # ------------------
-Patch1:  tcsh-6.15.00-closem.patch
 Patch3:  tcsh-6.14.00-unprintable.patch
 Patch4:  tcsh-6.15.00-hist-sub.patch
 Patch8:  tcsh-6.14.00-syntax.patch