diff --git a/Switch-target-driver-DB-root-dir-to-etc-target.patch b/Switch-target-driver-DB-root-dir-to-etc-target.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 496c2f7..0000000
--- a/Switch-target-driver-DB-root-dir-to-etc-target.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-From f823033e5c6beced0590a00064e1e7a55e76a995 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Lee Duncan <lduncan@suse.com>
-Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 09:45:30 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] Switch target driver DB root dir to /etc/target
-
-This switches the kernel target driver directory from
-the default of /var/target to /etc/target, if the
-"dbroot" sysfs attribute is present. If not, the default
-of /var/target is maintained. This has to be done
-by rtslib/root.py since this module loads the
-target_core_mod module, where the dbroot value
-must be updated before any target_core_* drivers
-register with target_core_mod.
----
- rtslib/root.py | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
- rtslib/tcm.py  |  3 ++-
- 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/rtslib/root.py b/rtslib/root.py
-index 99a25b778cd1..ee7b1039bd06 100644
---- a/rtslib/root.py
-+++ b/rtslib/root.py
-@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from .fabric import FabricModule
- from .tcm import so_mapping, bs_cache, StorageObject
- from .utils import RTSLibError, RTSLibALUANotSupported, modprobe, mount_configfs
- from .utils import dict_remove, set_attributes
-+from .utils import fread, fwrite
- from .alua import ALUATargetPortGroup
- 
- default_save_file = "/etc/target/saveconfig.json"
-@@ -57,6 +58,12 @@ class RTSRoot(CFSNode):
-     '''
- 
-     # RTSRoot private stuff
-+
-+    # this should match the kernel target driver default db dir
-+    _default_dbroot = "/var/target"
-+    # this is where the target DB is to be located (instead of the default)
-+    _preferred_dbroot = "/etc/target"
-+
-     def __init__(self):
-         '''
-         Instantiate an RTSRoot object. Basically checks for configfs setup and
-@@ -75,6 +82,8 @@ class RTSRoot(CFSNode):
-             modprobe('target_core_mod')
-             self._create_in_cfs_ine('any')
- 
-+        self._set_dbroot_if_needed()
-+
-     def _list_targets(self):
-         self._check_self()
-         for fabric_module in self.fabric_modules:
-@@ -148,6 +157,19 @@ class RTSRoot(CFSNode):
-     def __str__(self):
-         return "rtslib"
- 
-+    def _set_dbroot_if_needed(self):
-+        dbroot_path = self.path + "/dbroot"
-+        if not os.path.exists(dbroot_path):
-+            self._dbroot = self._default_dbroot
-+            return
-+        self._dbroot = fread(dbroot_path)
-+        if self._dbroot != self._preferred_dbroot:
-+            fwrite(dbroot_path, self._preferred_dbroot+"\n")
-+            self._dbroot = fread(dbroot_path)
-+
-+    def _get_dbroot(self):
-+        return self._dbroot
-+
-     # RTSRoot public stuff
- 
-     def dump(self):
-@@ -320,6 +342,8 @@ class RTSRoot(CFSNode):
-             doc="Get the list of all FabricModule objects.")
-     alua_tpgs = property(_list_alua_tpgs,
-             doc="Get the list of all ALUA TPG objects.")
-+    dbroot = property(_get_dbroot,
-+            doc="Get the target database root")
- 
- def _test():
-     '''Run the doctests.'''
-diff --git a/rtslib/tcm.py b/rtslib/tcm.py
-index 82ef34e0634e..73bfbe3b8359 100644
---- a/rtslib/tcm.py
-+++ b/rtslib/tcm.py
-@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ class StorageObject(CFSNode):
-         need to read it in and squirt it back into configfs when we configure
-         the storage object. BLEH.
-         """
--        aptpl_dir = "/var/target/pr"
-+        from .root import RTSRoot
-+        aptpl_dir = "%s/pr" % RTSRoot().dbroot
- 
-         try:
-             lines = fread("%s/aptpl_%s" % (aptpl_dir, self.wwn)).split()
--- 
-2.12.3
-
diff --git a/python-rtslib-fb.spec b/python-rtslib-fb.spec
index 8ec842f..e0d19b2 100644
--- a/python-rtslib-fb.spec
+++ b/python-rtslib-fb.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Summary:        API for Linux kernel SCSI target (aka LIO)
 License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source:         %{oname}-%{realver}.tar.gz
-Patch1:         Switch-target-driver-DB-root-dir-to-etc-target.patch
 Conflicts:      python-rtslib
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Requires:       pyudev
 
 %description
-rtslib-fb is an object-based Python library for configuring the LIO generic 
+rtslib-fb is an object-based Python library for configuring the LIO generic
 SCSI target, present in 3.x Linux kernel versions. rtslib-fb is licensed under
 the Apache 2.0 license. Contributions are welcome
 
@@ -50,13 +49,12 @@ BuildRequires:  epydoc
 BuildRequires:  pyudev
 
 %description doc
-rtslib-fb is an object-based Python library for configuring the LIO generic 
+rtslib-fb is an object-based Python library for configuring the LIO generic
 SCSI target, present in 3.x Linux kernel versions. rtslib-fb is licensed under
 the Apache 2.0 license. Contributions are welcome
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{oname}-%{realver}
-#%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 %__python setup.py build