diff --git a/fail2ban-python311.patch b/fail2ban-python311.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a89af7..0000000
--- a/fail2ban-python311.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-Index: fail2ban-1.0.1/fail2ban/tests/actiontestcase.py
-===================================================================
---- fail2ban-1.0.1.orig/fail2ban/tests/actiontestcase.py
-+++ fail2ban-1.0.1/fail2ban/tests/actiontestcase.py
-@@ -242,14 +242,14 @@ class CommandActionTest(LogCaptureTestCa
- 		setattr(self.__action, 'ab', "<ac>")
- 		setattr(self.__action, 'x?family=inet6', "")
- 		# produce self-referencing properties except:
--		self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, r"properties contain self referencing definitions",
-+		self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, r"properties contain self referencing definitions",
- 			lambda: self.__action.replaceTag("<a><b>", 
- 				self.__action._properties, conditional="family=inet4")
- 		)
- 		# remore self-referencing in props:
- 		delattr(self.__action, 'ac')
- 		# produce self-referencing query except:
--		self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, r"possible self referencing definitions in query",
-+		self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, r"possible self referencing definitions in query",
- 			lambda: self.__action.replaceTag("<x"*30+">"*30,
- 				self.__action._properties, conditional="family=inet6")
- 		)
diff --git a/fail2ban.spec b/fail2ban.spec
index 51b8f91..795222b 100644
--- a/fail2ban.spec
+++ b/fail2ban.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: fail2ban
 Version: 1.0.2
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 Summary: Daemon to ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
 
 License: GPLv2+
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ Source6: Makefile
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1379141
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1573185
 Patch0: fail2ban-partof.patch
-# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2034205
-Patch1: fail2ban-python311.patch
 # Patch for dovecot jail eating 100% CPU
 #Patch2: https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/ca2b94c5229bd474f612b57b67d796252a4aab7a.patch
 # Remove warning about allowipv6 from startup
@@ -424,6 +422,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 04 2023 Orion Poplawski <orion@nwra.com> - 1.0.2-5
+- Drop downstream python3.11 patch, upstream went with a different fix
+
 * Sun Apr 02 2023 Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> - 1.0.2-4
 - verify upstream source signature