diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 79b1f0f..0000000
--- a/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# rust-owo-colors
-
-The rust-owo-colors package
diff --git a/owo-colors-fix-metadata.diff b/owo-colors-fix-metadata.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c4177a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/owo-colors-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- owo-colors-3.5.0/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
++++ owo-colors-3.5.0/Cargo.toml	2023-04-01T16:16:40.986788+00:00
+@@ -37,18 +37,5 @@
+     "doc_cfg",
+ ]
+ 
+-[[example]]
+-name = "supports_color"
+-required-features = ["supports-colors"]
+-
+-[[example]]
+-name = "override"
+-required-features = ["supports-colors"]
+-
+-[dependencies.supports-color]
+-version = "1.3"
+-optional = true
+-
+ [features]
+ alloc = []
+-supports-colors = ["supports-color"]
diff --git a/rust-owo-colors.spec b/rust-owo-colors.spec
index 458e1d8..ca78f86 100644
--- a/rust-owo-colors.spec
+++ b/rust-owo-colors.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by rust2rpm 23
+# Generated by rust2rpm 24
 %bcond_without check
 %global debug_package %{nil}
 
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Summary:        Zero-allocation terminal colors that'll make people go owo
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://crates.io/crates/owo-colors
 Source:         %{crates_source}
+# Manually created patch for downstream crate metadata changes
+# * remove unused "supports-colors" feature with outdated dependencies
+Patch:          owo-colors-fix-metadata.diff
 
 BuildRequires:  rust-packaging >= 21
 
@@ -58,33 +61,11 @@ use the "alloc" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
 %files       -n %{name}+alloc-devel
 %ghost %{crate_instdir}/Cargo.toml
 
-%package     -n %{name}+supports-color-devel
-Summary:        %{summary}
-BuildArch:      noarch
-
-%description -n %{name}+supports-color-devel %{_description}
-
-This package contains library source intended for building other packages which
-use the "supports-color" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
-
-%files       -n %{name}+supports-color-devel
-%ghost %{crate_instdir}/Cargo.toml
-
-%package     -n %{name}+supports-colors-devel
-Summary:        %{summary}
-BuildArch:      noarch
-
-%description -n %{name}+supports-colors-devel %{_description}
-
-This package contains library source intended for building other packages which
-use the "supports-colors" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
-
-%files       -n %{name}+supports-colors-devel
-%ghost %{crate_instdir}/Cargo.toml
-
 %prep
 %autosetup -n %{crate}-%{version_no_tilde} -p1
 %cargo_prep
+# drop examples that depend on the removed "supports-colors" feature
+rm examples/{override.rs,supports_color.rs}
 
 %generate_buildrequires
 %cargo_generate_buildrequires