diff --git a/breeze-icon-theme.spec b/breeze-icon-theme.spec
index 216b7fa..f7814df 100644
--- a/breeze-icon-theme.spec
+++ b/breeze-icon-theme.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Source0: http://download.kde.org/%{stable}/frameworks/%{versiondir}/breeze-icons
 ## upstream patches (lookaside cache)
 
 ## upstreamable patches
-Patch100: fix-breeze-dark-inheritance.patch
 
 # must come *after* patches or %%autosetup sometimes doesn't work right -- rex
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -106,9 +105,6 @@ touch  %{buildroot}%{_kf5_datadir}/icons/{breeze,breeze-dark}/icon-theme.cache
 
 
 %check
-# verify dark inheritence, notorious for getting lost
-test "$(grep '^Inherits=' %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons/breeze-dark/index.theme)" = "Inherits=breeze"
-
 
 %if 0%{?fedora} > 25 || 0%{?rhel} > 7
 ## trigger-based scriptlets
diff --git a/fix-breeze-dark-inheritance.patch b/fix-breeze-dark-inheritance.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e2523c7..0000000
--- a/fix-breeze-dark-inheritance.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/icons-dark/index.theme b/icons-dark/index.theme
-index 61660ba..d2f6767 100644
---- a/icons-dark/index.theme
-+++ b/icons-dark/index.theme
-@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Comment[x-test]=xxDefault Plasma 5 Theme for Dark themesxx
- 
- DisplayDepth=32
- 
--Inherits=hicolor
-+Inherits=breeze
- 
- Example=folder
-