diff --git a/alex-ghc74-fix-bang-pattern.patch b/alex-ghc74-fix-bang-pattern.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cbc5fe4..0000000
--- a/alex-ghc74-fix-bang-pattern.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# Author : Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com>
-# Description : Fix generated haskell code so it doesn't fail with -Werror.
-# Debian Version : 2.3.5
-# Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:45:41 +1000
-
---- a/templates/GenericTemplate.hs
-+++ b/templates/GenericTemplate.hs
-@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
- 
- #ifdef ALEX_GHC
- #define ILIT(n) n#
--#define FAST_INT_BINDING(n) (n)
-+#define FAST_INT_BINDING(n) (!(n))
- #define IBOX(n) (I# (n))
- #define FAST_INT Int#
- #define LT(n,m) (n <# m)
-@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
- ALEX_IF_BIGENDIAN
-   narrow16Int# i
-   where
--        i    = word2Int# ((high `uncheckedShiftL#` 8#) `or#` low)
--        high = int2Word# (ord# (indexCharOffAddr# arr (off' +# 1#)))
--        low  = int2Word# (ord# (indexCharOffAddr# arr off'))
--        off' = off *# 2#
-+        !i    = word2Int# ((high `uncheckedShiftL#` 8#) `or#` low)
-+        !high = int2Word# (ord# (indexCharOffAddr# arr (off' +# 1#)))
-+        !low  = int2Word# (ord# (indexCharOffAddr# arr off'))
-+        !off' = off *# 2#
- ALEX_ELSE
-   indexInt16OffAddr# arr off
- ALEX_ENDIF
---- a/src/Scan.x
-+++ b/src/Scan.x
-@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 
- {
--{-# OPTIONS_GHC -w #-}
-+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -w -XBangPatterns #-}
- 
- module Scan(lexer, AlexPosn(..), Token(..), Tkn(..), tokPosn) where
- 
---- a/src/Main.hs
-+++ b/src/Main.hs
-@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
-   hPutStrLn hdl code
- 
- optsToInject :: Target -> [CLIFlags] -> String
--optsToInject GhcTarget _ = "{-# LANGUAGE CPP,MagicHash #-}\n"
-+optsToInject GhcTarget _ = "{-# LANGUAGE CPP,MagicHash,BangPatterns #-}\n"
- optsToInject _         _ = "{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}\n"
- 
- importsToInject :: Target -> [CLIFlags] -> String
diff --git a/alex.spec b/alex.spec
index 2469ab4..12cff2b 100644
--- a/alex.spec
+++ b/alex.spec
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 Name:           alex
 # part of haskell-platform
 Version:        3.0.5
-Release:        35%{?dist}
+Release:        36%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell
 
 License:        BSD
 URL:            http://hackage.haskell.org/package/%{name}
 Source0:        http://hackage.haskell.org/package/%{name}-%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch1:         alex-ghc74-fix-bang-pattern.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  ghc-Cabal-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-rpm-macros
@@ -22,9 +21,6 @@ BuildRequires:  ghc-directory-devel
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  docbook-style-xsl
 BuildRequires:  libxslt
-%ifarch ppc ppc64
-BuildRequires:  alex
-%endif
 
 %description
 Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell. It takes a
@@ -35,9 +31,6 @@ lex or flex for C/C++.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%ifarch ppc ppc64
-%patch1 -p1 -b .orig
-%endif
 
 
 %build
@@ -61,6 +54,9 @@ cd ..
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 21 2014 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.0.5-36
+- bang pattern patch no longer needed for ppc with ghc-7.6
+
 * Mon Apr 21 2014 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.0.5-35
 - bump over haskell-platform