diff --git a/python-python-lsp-server.spec b/python-python-lsp-server.spec
index 5274ba5..6f95192 100644
--- a/python-python-lsp-server.spec
+++ b/python-python-lsp-server.spec
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ will be enabled:
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1 -n python-lsp-server-%{version}
-# the only relevant changes from https://github.com/python-lsp/python-lsp-server/pull/94
-sed -i 's/pylint>=2.5.0,<2.10.0/pylint>=2.5.0/' setup.py
-sed -i "s/open(document.path, 'w')/open(document.path, 'w', encoding='utf-8')/" test/plugins/test_pylint_lint.py
 
 %build
 %python_build