diff --git a/binutils.changes b/binutils.changes
index c23433c..b43968a 100644
--- a/binutils.changes
+++ b/binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 20 14:59:28 UTC 2024 - Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
+
+- drop ld-relro.diff (relro is the default for some time)
+  and it warns on avr spuriously (bsc#1233520)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 10 05:25:27 UTC 2024 - Martin Liška <martin.liska@hey.com>
 
diff --git a/binutils.spec b/binutils.spec
index e0bac3f..e61c95f 100644
--- a/binutils.spec
+++ b/binutils.spec
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ Patch3:         binutils-skip-rpaths.patch
 Patch4:         s390-biarch.diff
 Patch5:         x86-64-biarch.patch
 Patch6:         unit-at-a-time.patch
-Patch8:         ld-relro.diff
 Patch9:         testsuite.diff
 Patch10:        enable-targets-gold.diff
 Patch12:        s390-pic-dso.diff
@@ -257,7 +256,6 @@ cp ld/ldgram.y ld/ldgram.y.orig
 %patch -P 4
 %patch -P 5
 %patch -P 6
-%patch -P 8
 %patch -P 9
 %patch -P 10
 %patch -P 12
diff --git a/ld-relro.diff b/ld-relro.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 23e727b..0000000
--- a/ld-relro.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-Index: ld/lexsup.c
-===================================================================
---- ld/lexsup.c.orig	2024-08-04 01:00:00.000000000 +0200
-+++ ld/lexsup.c	2024-08-06 16:02:35.554864901 +0200
-@@ -772,6 +772,9 @@ parse_args (unsigned argc, char **argv)
- 	}
-     }
- 
-+  optarg = "relro";
-+  ldemul_handle_option ('z');
-+
-   last_optind = -1;
-   while (1)
-     {
-Index: ld/testsuite/config/default.exp
-===================================================================
---- ld/testsuite/config/default.exp.orig	2024-08-04 01:00:00.000000000 +0200
-+++ ld/testsuite/config/default.exp	2024-08-06 16:05:13.860859897 +0200
-@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if [info exists env(LD_UNDER_TEST)] {
- }
- 
- if ![info exists ld] then {
--    set ld [findfile $base_dir/ld-new $base_dir/ld-new [transform ld]]
-+    set ld "[findfile $base_dir/ld-new $base_dir/ld-new [transform ld]] -znorelro"
- }
- 
- if ![info exists as] then {
-@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ if {[info exists ld_testsuite_bindir]} {
-     }
-     catch "exec ln -s ld tmpdir/ld/collect-ld" status
-     catch "exec ln -s ../../../gas/as-new tmpdir/ld/as" status
--    set gcc_B_opt "-B[pwd]/tmpdir/ld/"
-+    set gcc_B_opt "-B[pwd]/tmpdir/ld/ -Wl,-z,norelro"
- }
- 
- # load the linker path
-@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ if ![info exists ELFEDIT] then {
- }
- 
- if ![info exists LD] then {
--    set LD [findfile $base_dir/ld-new ./ld-new [transform ld]]
-+    set LD "[findfile $base_dir/ld-new ./ld-new [transform ld]] -znorelro"
- }
- 
- if ![info exists LDFLAGS] then {
-Index: ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp
-===================================================================
---- ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp.orig	2024-08-04 01:00:00.000000000 +0200
-+++ ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp	2024-08-06 16:02:35.554864901 +0200
-@@ -112,7 +112,12 @@ foreach flags $test_flags {
- 
-     # This test can only be run if we have the ld build directory,
-     # since we need the object files.
--    if {[file normalize $ld] != [file normalize $objdir/ld-new]} {
-+    set ldexe $ld
-+    set ldparm [string first " " $ld]
-+    if { $ldparm > 0 } then {
-+	set ldexe [string range $ld 0 $ldparm]
-+    }
-+    if {[file normalize $ldexe] != [file normalize $objdir/ld-new]} {
- 	untested $testname
- 	continue
-     }