diff --git a/newt.changes b/newt.changes
index f7b7b7b..5a5f11a 100644
--- a/newt.changes
+++ b/newt.changes
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Wed Feb  1 10:23:33 UTC 2012 - lars@linux-schulserver.de
 - update to 0.52.14:
   + fix returning strings in whiptail and whiptcl (rh#752818)
   + fix configure to work with multiple python versions (rh#737998)
+- removed newt-0.52.13-python_version.patch : fixed upstream
+- compile with fPIC - fixes problems with _snackmodule.so
+  thanks to Joerg Steffens (bnc#734171)
 
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 Sun Jan 29 19:32:51 UTC 2012 - jengelh@medozas.de
diff --git a/newt.spec b/newt.spec
index 55569ec..6dc487d 100644
--- a/newt.spec
+++ b/newt.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Url:            https://fedorahosted.org/newt/
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
 Source10:       %{name}-rpmlintrc
-Patch0:         newt-0.52.13-python_version.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  popt-devel
@@ -132,14 +131,13 @@ library providing a python API for creating text mode interfaces.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 # gpm support seems to smash the stack
 # --with-gpm-support
 %configure --without-tcl
 ## make depend
-%{__make} CPPFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{?_smp_mflags} all
+%{__make} CPPFLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIC" %{?_smp_mflags} all
 #docbook2txt tutorial.sgml
 
 %install