diff --git a/nginx-vim-syntax.patch b/nginx-vim-syntax.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dada676..0000000
--- a/nginx-vim-syntax.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nur nginx-1.21.4/contrib/vim/syntax/nginx.vim new/contrib/vim/syntax/nginx.vim
---- nginx-1.21.4/contrib/vim/syntax/nginx.vim	2021-11-02 15:49:22.000000000 +0100
-+++ new/contrib/vim/syntax/nginx.vim	2021-11-08 09:58:58.283999487 +0100
-@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
-   finish
- end
- 
-+" Reset compatible-options to Vim default value, just in case: 
-+let s:save_cpo = &cpo
-+set cpo&vim
-+
- " general syntax
- 
- if has("patch-7.4.1142")
-@@ -2447,4 +2451,8 @@
- hi def link ngxListenOptions Keyword
- hi def link ngxListenOptionsDeprecated Error
- 
-+" Restore current compatible-options:
-+let &cpo = s:save_cpo
-+unlet s:save_cpo
-+
- let b:current_syntax = "nginx"
diff --git a/nginx.changes b/nginx.changes
index 5f7403c..1f36cb3 100644
--- a/nginx.changes
+++ b/nginx.changes
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-Mon Nov  8 08:56:05 UTC 2021 - Ferdinand Thiessen <rpm@fthiessen.de>
-
-- Add nginx-vim-syntax.patch
-  * Fix the vim syntax file to work with vim 8, boo#1187888
-    https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/2276
-
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov  5 21:24:19 UTC 2021 - Илья Индиго <ilya@ilya.pp.ua>
 
diff --git a/nginx.spec b/nginx.spec
index 86ca86e..cd5086d 100644
--- a/nginx.spec
+++ b/nginx.spec
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ Patch2:         nginx-1.2.4-perl_vendor_install.patch
 Patch3:         nginx-1.6.1-default_config.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM nginx-aio.patch fix support for Linux AIO
 Patch4:         nginx-aio.patch
-# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM nginx-vim-syntax.patch fix vim syntax file for vim 8
-Patch5:         nginx-vim-syntax.patch
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gd-devel
 BuildRequires:  libatomic-ops-devel
@@ -107,7 +105,6 @@ The source of nginx [engine x] HTTP server and IMAP/POP3 proxy server.
 %patch2
 %patch3
 %patch4 -p1
-%patch5 -p1
 
 perl -pi -e 's|\r\n|\n|g' contrib/geo2nginx.pl
 # we just use lib here because nginx loads them relative to _prefix