diff --git a/ethtool-5-buffer-overflow.patch b/ethtool-5-buffer-overflow.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ce7f2f..0000000
--- a/ethtool-5-buffer-overflow.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- ethtool.c
-+++ ethtool.c
-@@ -628,7 +628,13 @@
- 	}
- 
- 	if (devname == NULL)
-+    {
- 		show_usage(1);
-+        } else if (strlen(devname) > IFNAMSIZ - 1) {
-+                fprintf(stderr, "Device name \"%s\" exceeds maximum length.\n",
-+                        devname);
-+                exit(1);
-+    }
- 	if (strlen(devname) >= IFNAMSIZ)
- 		show_usage(1);
- }
diff --git a/ethtool.changes b/ethtool.changes
index 4f27990..29bee54 100644
--- a/ethtool.changes
+++ b/ethtool.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 12 09:38:24 CEST 2007 - lnussel@suse.de
+
+- remove superfluous buffer overflow check patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep  6 16:29:24 CEST 2006 - mskibbe@suse.de
 
diff --git a/ethtool.spec b/ethtool.spec
index 21d0e08..c32a463 100644
--- a/ethtool.spec
+++ b/ethtool.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package ethtool (Version 5)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2006 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2007 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 # This file and all modifications and additions to the pristine
 # package are under the same license as the package itself.
 #
@@ -11,16 +11,15 @@
 # norootforbuild
 
 Name:           ethtool
-License:        GPL
+License:        GNU General Public License (GPL)
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Diagnostic
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Summary:        Examine and Tune Ethernet-Based Network Interfaces
 Version:        5
-Release:        3
+Release:        30
 URL:            http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-Patch:          %{name}-%{version}-buffer-overflow.patch
 
 %description
 Ethtool is a small utility for examining and tuning ethernet-based
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ Authors:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch
 
 %build
 %{suse_update_config -f}
@@ -63,7 +61,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man8/ethtool.8*
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING INSTALL NEWS README ChangeLog
 
-%changelog -n ethtool
+%changelog
+* Thu Apr 12 2007 - lnussel@suse.de
+- remove superfluous buffer overflow check patch
 * Wed Sep 06 2006 - mskibbe@suse.de
 - fix bug #202756 - No Buffer Overflow check in Ethtool
 * Mon Sep 04 2006 - mskibbe@suse.de