diff --git a/cockpit.changes b/cockpit.changes
index 78b8bf9..4423135 100644
--- a/cockpit.changes
+++ b/cockpit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 25 11:13:36 UTC 2023 - Luna D Dragon <luna.dragon@suse.com>
+
+- restore dependency on /usr/bin/pwscore (bcs#1202277)
+- remove remove-pwscore.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 28 13:34:07 UTC 2022 - Zdenek Kubala <zkubala@suse.cz>
 
diff --git a/cockpit.spec b/cockpit.spec
index 511eb30..1cfb9e6 100644
--- a/cockpit.spec
+++ b/cockpit.spec
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ Patch3:         suse-microos-branding.patch
 Patch4:         css-overrides.patch
 Patch5:         storage-btrfs.patch
 # SLE Micro specific patches
-Patch100:       remove-pwscore.patch
 Patch101:       hide-pcp.patch
 Patch102:       0002-selinux-temporary-remove-setroubleshoot-section.patch
 
@@ -190,7 +189,6 @@ Requires: subscription-manager-cockpit
 
 # SLE Micro specific patches
 %if 0%{?is_smo}
-%patch100 -p1
 %patch101 -p1
 %patch102 -p1
 %endif
@@ -446,9 +444,7 @@ Requires: cockpit-bridge >= %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: shadow-utils
 %endif
 Requires: grep
-%if !0%{?sle_version}
 Requires: /usr/bin/pwscore
-%endif
 Requires: /usr/bin/date
 Provides: cockpit-shell = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides: cockpit-systemd = %{version}-%{release}
diff --git a/remove-pwscore.patch b/remove-pwscore.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 789d086..0000000
--- a/remove-pwscore.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-Remove dependency on /usr/bin/pwscore that is part of libpwquality-tools
-but we don't ship it in SLES
-Index: cockpit/pkg/lib/cockpit-components-password.jsx
-===================================================================
---- cockpit.orig/pkg/lib/cockpit-components-password.jsx
-+++ cockpit/pkg/lib/cockpit-components-password.jsx
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
-  */
- import cockpit from 'cockpit';
- import React, { useState } from 'react';
--import { FormGroup, Popover, Progress, ProgressSize, ProgressMeasureLocation, TextInput } from '@patternfly/react-core';
-+import { FormGroup, Popover, TextInput } from '@patternfly/react-core';
- import { HelpIcon } from '@patternfly/react-icons';
- 
- import './cockpit-components-password.scss';
-@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const _ = cockpit.gettext;
- 
- export function password_quality(password, force) {
-     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-+        /*
-         cockpit.spawn('/usr/bin/pwscore', { err: "message" })
-                 .input(password)
-                 .done(function(content) {
-@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ export function password_quality(passwor
-                     else
-                         resolve({ value: 0 });
-                 });
-+        */
-+        resolve({ message: _("pwscore not checked") });
-     });
- }
- 
-@@ -54,13 +57,12 @@ export const PasswordFormFields = ({
- }) => {
-     const [password, setPassword] = useState(initial_password);
-     const [passwordConfirm, setConfirmPassword] = useState(undefined);
--    const [passwordStrength, setPasswordStrength] = useState("");
--    const [passwordMessage, setPasswordMessage] = useState("");
- 
-     function onPasswordChanged(value) {
-         setPassword(value);
-         change("password", value);
- 
-+        /*
-         if (value) {
-             password_quality(value)
-                     .catch(() => {
-@@ -74,7 +76,9 @@ export const PasswordFormFields = ({
-             setPasswordStrength("");
-             setPasswordMessage("");
-         }
-+        */
-     }
-+    /*
- 
-     let variant;
-     if (passwordStrength === "")
-@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@ export const PasswordFormFields = ({
-         variant = "warning";
-     else
-         variant = "danger";
-+    */
- 
-     return (
-         <>
-@@ -103,16 +108,6 @@ export const PasswordFormFields = ({
-                        fieldId={idPrefix + "-pw1"}>
-                 <TextInput className="check-passwords" type="password" id={idPrefix + "-pw1"}
-                            autocomplete="new-password" value={password} onChange={onPasswordChanged} />
--                <div>
--                    <Progress id={idPrefix + "-meter"}
--                              className={"ct-password-strength-meter " + variant}
--                              title={_("password quality")}
--                              size={ProgressSize.sm}
--                              measureLocation={ProgressMeasureLocation.none}
--                              variant={variant}
--                              value={Number.isInteger(passwordStrength) ? passwordStrength : 0} />
--                    <div id={idPrefix + "-password-meter-message"} className="pf-c-form__helper-text" aria-live="polite">{passwordMessage}</div>
--                </div>
-             </FormGroup>
- 
-             {password_confirm_label && <FormGroup label={password_confirm_label}