diff --git a/aisleriot.changes b/aisleriot.changes
index ae880c0..415f677 100644
--- a/aisleriot.changes
+++ b/aisleriot.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 18 13:16:14 UTC 2011 - malcolmlewis@opensuse.org
+
+- Skip aisleriot-automagic-guile.patch when building on 11.4
+  since the guile version in 11.4 is not recent enough to
+  require the patch.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct 17 17:35:56 CEST 2011 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/aisleriot.spec b/aisleriot.spec
index c1685ab..c508ea3 100644
--- a/aisleriot.spec
+++ b/aisleriot.spec
@@ -72,11 +72,15 @@ This package provides extra themes for Aisleriot.
 %lang_package
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1140
 %patch1 -p1
+%endif
 
 %build
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1140
 # needed by patch1
 NOCONFIGURE=1 gnome-autogen.sh
+%endif
 %configure \
     --disable-schemas-install \
     --disable-static