diff --git a/freexl.spec b/freexl.spec
index 631e3c5..813ca1f 100644
--- a/freexl.spec
+++ b/freexl.spec
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ rm -vf clean/examples/Makefile.*
 %configure --disable-static
 %make_build
 
-# Mailed the author on Dec 5th 2011
-# Preserve date of header file
-sed -i 's/^INSTALL_HEADER = \$(INSTALL_DATA)/& -p/' headers/Makefile.in
-
 # Generate HTML documentation
 doxygen
 
@@ -88,6 +84,7 @@ find '%{buildroot}' -type f -name '*.la' -print -delete
 - Modernize and clean up the spec file
 - Make it harder to miss any .so version change
 - Properly install the license file
+- Remove an obsolete sed-patch
 
 * Wed Jul 21 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.6-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild