diff --git a/81a6d1b0d4d93a3330cc99fbb1601c90b9516a9c.patch b/81a6d1b0d4d93a3330cc99fbb1601c90b9516a9c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7050703..0000000
--- a/81a6d1b0d4d93a3330cc99fbb1601c90b9516a9c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From 81a6d1b0d4d93a3330cc99fbb1601c90b9516a9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Alexander Alekhin <alexander.a.alekhin@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 13:32:59 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] cmake: update SOVERSION
-
-- OpenCV 4.x doesn't guarantee or maintain ABI compatibility
-- We should increase SO version on each release
----
- cmake/OpenCVVersion.cmake | 6 ++++--
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVVersion.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVVersion.cmake
-index a2b4926cf0d2..6ffaab94cf02 100644
---- a/cmake/OpenCVVersion.cmake
-+++ b/cmake/OpenCVVersion.cmake
-@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ set(OPENCV_VERSION_PLAIN "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPEN
- 
- set(OPENCV_VERSION "${OPENCV_VERSION_PLAIN}${OPENCV_VERSION_STATUS}")
- 
--set(OPENCV_SOVERSION "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}")
--set(OPENCV_LIBVERSION "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_PATCH}")
-+string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9][0-9]$" OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR_2DIGITS "00${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}")
-+string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9][0-9]$" OPENCV_VERSION_PATCH_2DIGITS "00${OPENCV_VERSION_PATCH}")
-+ocv_update(OPENCV_SOVERSION "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR_2DIGITS}")
-+ocv_update(OPENCV_LIBVERSION "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_PATCH}")
- 
- # create a dependency on the version file
- # we never use the output of the following command but cmake will rerun automatically if the version file changes
diff --git a/opencv.spec b/opencv.spec
index 0064a00..ee14cdb 100644
--- a/opencv.spec
+++ b/opencv.spec
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ Source4:        b624b995ec9c439cbc2e9e6ee940d3a2-v0.1.1f.zip
 Source5:        xorg.conf
 
 Patch0:         opencv-4.1.0-install_3rdparty_licenses.patch
-Patch1:         https://github.com/opencv/opencv/commit/81a6d1b0d4d93a3330cc99fbb1601c90b9516a9c.patch
 Patch2:         https://github.com/opencv/opencv/commit/8d88bb06b230b5c4b5bca78d84102f5d1adf48cf.patch
 Patch3:         opencv.python.patch
 
@@ -256,7 +255,6 @@ popd &>/dev/null
 %endif
 
 %patch0 -p1 -b .install_3rdparty_licenses
-%patch1 -p1 -R -b .soversion
 %patch2 -p1 -b .ppc64le_builtin_altivec_vadub
 %patch3 -p1 -b .python_install_binary