diff --git a/xorg-x11-server.changes b/xorg-x11-server.changes
index 400befe..0668ec3 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-server.changes
+++ b/xorg-x11-server.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 23 17:02:18 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Properly comment out %patch lines: '#' still expands the macro, which
+  makes build fail with rpm 4.20. Use %dnl instead.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 18 10:32:34 UTC 2024 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/xorg-x11-server.spec b/xorg-x11-server.spec
index 7b46b38..f62c3b9 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-server.spec
+++ b/xorg-x11-server.spec
@@ -368,21 +368,21 @@ sh %{SOURCE92} --verify . %{SOURCE91}
 %patch -P 12 -p1
 #
 %patch -P 100 -p1
-#%patch -P 101 -p1
+%dnl %patch -P 101 -p1
 %patch -P 104 -p1
 %patch -P 117 -p1
 %patch -P 160 -p1
 %patch -P 208 -p1
 %patch -P 209 -p1
 ### not applicable anymore
-#%patch -P 210 -p1
+%dnl %patch -P 210 -p1
 %patch -P 215 -p1
 ### disabled for now
-#%patch -P 1162 -p1
+%dnl %patch -P 1162 -p1
 ### disabled for now
-#%patch -P 1211 -p1
+%dnl %patch -P 1211 -p1
 ### patch222 might not be applicable anymore
-#%patch -P 1222 -p1
+%dnl %patch -P 1222 -p1
 %patch -P 1401 -p1
 %patch -P 1503 -p1
 %patch -P 1900 -p1