diff --git a/shadow-4.16.0-econf.patch b/shadow-4.16.0-econf.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 79a630e..0000000
--- a/shadow-4.16.0-econf.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: shadow-4.16.0/lib/getdef.c
-===================================================================
---- shadow-4.16.0.orig/lib/getdef.c
-+++ shadow-4.16.0/lib/getdef.c
-@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static void def_load (void)
- 	 */
- 	def_loaded = true;
- 
--	error = econf_readDirs (&defs_file, vendordir, sysconfdir, "login", "defs", " \t", "#");
-+	error = econf_readConfig (&defs_file, vendordir, sysconfdir, "login", "defs", " \t", "#");
- 	if (error) {
- 		if (error == ECONF_NOFILE)
- 			return;
diff --git a/shadow.changes b/shadow.changes
index 83b2ca1..54ab689 100644
--- a/shadow.changes
+++ b/shadow.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 24 13:02:56 UTC 2024 - Michael Vetter <mvetter@suse.com>
+
+- bsc#1226850: Drop incorrect econf patch (until time to fix it)
+  Drop shadow-4.16.0-econf.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 19 06:51:45 UTC 2024 - Michael Vetter <mvetter@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/shadow.spec b/shadow.spec
index 8f78e98..8c45080 100644
--- a/shadow.spec
+++ b/shadow.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ Patch3:         shadow-login_defs-comments.patch
 Patch4:         shadow-login_defs-suse.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-SUSE disable_new_audit_function.patch adam.majer@suse.de -- Disable newer libaudit functionality for older distributions.
 Patch5:         disable_new_audit_function.patch
-Patch6:         shadow-4.16.0-econf.patch
 BuildRequires:  audit-devel > 2.3
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@ Development files for libsubid5.
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1330
 %patch -P 5 -p1
 %endif
-%patch -P 6 -p1
 
 iconv -c -f ISO88591 -t utf-8 doc/HOWTO > doc/HOWTO.utf8
 mv -v doc/HOWTO.utf8 doc/HOWTO