diff --git a/Mesa-drivers.changes b/Mesa-drivers.changes
index 799e6aa..e0a6c3f 100644
--- a/Mesa-drivers.changes
+++ b/Mesa-drivers.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 27 10:13:51 UTC 2021 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
+
+- removed no longer needed buildfix-ppc64le.patch; build failed on
+  ppc64 due to this patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 14 15:02:07 UTC 2021 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/Mesa-drivers.spec b/Mesa-drivers.spec
index 741f702..25b2861 100644
--- a/Mesa-drivers.spec
+++ b/Mesa-drivers.spec
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ Patch2:         n_add-Mesa-headers-again.patch
 # never to be upstreamed
 Patch54:        n_drirc-disable-rgb10-for-chromium-on-amd.patch
 Patch58:        u_dep_xcb.patch
-Patch60:        buildfix-ppc64le.patch
 Patch100:       U_fix-mpeg1_2-decode-mesa-20.2.patch
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -710,9 +709,6 @@ rm -rf docs/README.{VMS,WIN32,OS2}
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch54 -p1
 %patch58 -p1
-%ifarch ppc64le
-%patch60 -p1
-%endif
 %patch100 -p1
 
 # Remove requires to vulkan libs from baselibs.conf on platforms
diff --git a/Mesa.changes b/Mesa.changes
index 799e6aa..e0a6c3f 100644
--- a/Mesa.changes
+++ b/Mesa.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 27 10:13:51 UTC 2021 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
+
+- removed no longer needed buildfix-ppc64le.patch; build failed on
+  ppc64 due to this patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 14 15:02:07 UTC 2021 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/Mesa.spec b/Mesa.spec
index e1c120a..d40b67f 100644
--- a/Mesa.spec
+++ b/Mesa.spec
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ Patch2:         n_add-Mesa-headers-again.patch
 # never to be upstreamed
 Patch54:        n_drirc-disable-rgb10-for-chromium-on-amd.patch
 Patch58:        u_dep_xcb.patch
-Patch60:        buildfix-ppc64le.patch
 Patch100:       U_fix-mpeg1_2-decode-mesa-20.2.patch
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -709,9 +708,6 @@ rm -rf docs/README.{VMS,WIN32,OS2}
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch54 -p1
 %patch58 -p1
-%ifarch ppc64le
-%patch60 -p1
-%endif
 %patch100 -p1
 
 # Remove requires to vulkan libs from baselibs.conf on platforms
diff --git a/buildfix-ppc64le.patch b/buildfix-ppc64le.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2acaebc..0000000
--- a/buildfix-ppc64le.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r mesa-20.1.7.old/include/CL/cl_platform.h mesa-20.1.7/include/CL/cl_platform.h
---- mesa-20.1.7.old/include/CL/cl_platform.h	2020-09-18 13:08:16.978879000 +0200
-+++ mesa-20.1.7/include/CL/cl_platform.h	2020-09-18 13:09:04.324816000 +0200
-@@ -355,7 +355,6 @@
- 
- /* Define basic vector types */
- #if defined( __VEC__ )
--   #include <altivec.h>   /* may be omitted depending on compiler. AltiVec spec provides no way to detect whether the header is required. */
-    typedef __vector unsigned char     __cl_uchar16;
-    typedef __vector signed char       __cl_char16;
-    typedef __vector unsigned short    __cl_ushort8;