diff --git a/ghc.spec b/ghc.spec
index af89833..ca0ac89 100644
--- a/ghc.spec
+++ b/ghc.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Version: 7.6.3
 # - release can only be reset if *all* library versions get bumped simultaneously
 #   (sometimes after a major release)
 # - minor release numbers for a branch should be incremented monotonically
-Release: 15%{?dist}
+Release: 16%{?dist}
 Summary: Glasgow Haskell Compiler
 
 License: %BSDHaskellReport
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ Patch10: ghc-wrapper-libffi-include.patch
 Patch12: ghc-7.4.2-Cabal-disable-ghci-libs.patch
 # fix compilation with llvm-3.3
 Patch13: ghc-llvmCodeGen-empty-array.patch
-# disable executable stack
-Patch14: ghc-NCG-no-execstack.patch
 
 # fedora ghc has been bootstrapped on
 # %{ix86} x86_64 ppc alpha sparcv9 ppc64 armv7hl armv5tel s390 s390x
@@ -226,8 +224,8 @@ ln -s $(pkg-config --variable=includedir libffi)/*.h rts/dist/build
 %endif
 
 %patch12 -p1 -b .orig
+
 %patch13 -p1 -b .orig
-%patch14 -p1 -b .orig
 
 
 %build
@@ -441,6 +439,10 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 11 2013 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 7.6.3-16
+- revert the executable stack patch since it didn't fully fix the problem
+  and yet changed the ghc library hash
+
 * Wed Jul 10 2013 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 7.6.3-15
 - turn off executable stack flag in executables (#973512)
   (thanks Edward Zhang for upstream patch and Dhiru Kholia for report)