diff --git a/cockpit.spec b/cockpit.spec
index f8f70db..a74cd5b 100644
--- a/cockpit.spec
+++ b/cockpit.spec
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ Patch108:       0007-Remove-DynamicUser-setting-as-these-conflict-with-re.patch
 Patch103:       0004-leap-gnu18-removal.patch
 Patch104:       selinux_libdir.patch
 Patch105:       fix-libexecdir.patch
-Patch106:       drop_pidfd_getpid_check.patch
 
 Patch201:       remove_rh_links.patch
 
@@ -231,7 +230,6 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-tox-current-env
 %patch -P 103 -p1
 %patch -P 104 -p1
 %patch -P 105 -p1
-%patch -P 106 -p1
 %patch -P 108 -p1
 %else
 %patch -P 107 -p1
diff --git a/drop_pidfd_getpid_check.patch b/drop_pidfd_getpid_check.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f90729..0000000
--- a/drop_pidfd_getpid_check.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 7b593a925..6010e8d6e 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
- 
- AC_CHECK_FUNCS(
-     closefrom
--    pidfd_getpid
- )
- 
- AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
-diff --git a/src/session/client-certificate.c b/src/session/client-certificate.c
-index 18c8b1e4e..6acca2596 100644
---- a/src/session/client-certificate.c
-+++ b/src/session/client-certificate.c
-@@ -177,52 +177,8 @@ get_ws_proc_fd_pid_time (int unix_fd)
- static int
- get_ws_proc_fd (int unix_fd)
- {
--#if defined(SO_PEERPIDFD) && defined(HAVE_PIDFD_GETPID)
--  int pidfd = -1;
--  socklen_t socklen = sizeof pidfd;
--  /* this is always the pidfd for the process that started the communication, it cannot be recycled */
--  if (getsockopt (unix_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PEERPIDFD, &pidfd, &socklen) < 0)
--    {
--      if (errno == ENOPROTOOPT)
--        {
--          debug ("SO_PEERPIDFD not supported: %m, falling back to pid/time check");
--          return get_ws_proc_fd_pid_time (unix_fd);
--        }
--
--      warn ("Failed to get peer pidfd");
--      exit_init_problem ("access-denied", "Failed to get peer pidfd");
--    }
--  /* this is an inout parameter, be extra suspicious; this really Should Not Happen™, so bomb out */
--  if (socklen != sizeof pidfd)
--    errx (EX, "SO_PEERPIDFD returned too small result");
--
--  /* get pid for pidfd; from here on this is racy and could suffer from PID recycling */
--  pid_t pid = pidfd_getpid (pidfd);
--  if (pid < 0)
--    {
--      /* be *very* strict here. This could theoretically ENOSYS if glibc has pidfd_getpid() but the kernel doesn't
--       * support it; but err on the side of denying access rather than falling back */
--      warn ("Failed to get pid from pidfd");
--      exit_init_problem ("access-denied", "Failed to get pid from pidfd");
--    }
--
--  debug ("pid from ws peer pidfd: %i", (int) pid);
--  int ws_proc_dirfd = open_proc_pid (pid);
--
--  /* check that the pid is still valid to guard against recycling */
--  if (pidfd_getpid (pidfd) != pid)
--    {
--      warn ("original pid %i is not valid any more", (int) pid);
--      exit_init_problem ("access-denied", "Failed to get cockpit-ws pid");
--    }
--
--  close (pidfd);
--  return ws_proc_dirfd;
--
--#else
-   debug ("not built with pidfd support, falling back to pid/time check");
-   return get_ws_proc_fd_pid_time (unix_fd);
--#endif
- }
- 
- /* valid_256_bit_hex_string: