diff --git a/libnumbertext-updateautotools.patch b/libnumbertext-updateautotools.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4383e9a..0000000
--- a/libnumbertext-updateautotools.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- libnumbertext-1.0.2/configure.ac	2018-06-12 14:48:53.518952998 +0100
-+++ libnumbertext-1.0.2/configure.ac	2018-06-12 14:50:48.000000000 +0100
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
- m4_define([numbertext_version_micro],[2])
- m4_define([numbertext_version],[numbertext_version_major.numbertext_version_minor.numbertext_version_micro])
- 
--AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
- 
- AC_INIT([libnumbertext],[numbertext_version])
- AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
- AC_PROG_CPP
- AC_PROG_INSTALL
- AC_PROG_LN_S
--AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
-+LT_INIT
- 
- dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
- AC_LANG([C++])
diff --git a/libnumbertext.spec b/libnumbertext.spec
index 322b50e..0bd8b20 100644
--- a/libnumbertext.spec
+++ b/libnumbertext.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Summary:   Number to number name and money text conversion library
 License:   (LGPLv3+ or BSD) and (LGPLv3+ or BSD or CC-BY-SA)
 URL:       https://github.com/Numbertext/libnumbertext
 Source:    https://github.com/Numbertext/libnumbertext/releases/download/1.0/libnumbertext-%{version}.tar.xz
-Patch0:    libnumbertext-updateautotools.patch
 
 BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, libtool, gcc-c++