diff --git a/docker.changes b/docker.changes
index c054efe..3850fa4 100644
--- a/docker.changes
+++ b/docker.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 18 15:44:11 UTC 2016 - jmassaguerpla@suse.com
+
+- Remove gcc5_socker_workaround.patch: This patch is not needed anymore
+  since gcc5 has been updated in all platforms
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 18 06:19:18 UTC 2016 - asarai@suse.de
 
diff --git a/docker.spec b/docker.spec
index 28e0798..9752376 100644
--- a/docker.spec
+++ b/docker.spec
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ Source7:        README_SUSE.md
 Source8:        docker-audit.rules
 # TODO: remove once we figure out what is wrong with iptables on ppc64le
 Source100:      sysconfig.docker.ppc64le
-Patch1:         gcc5_socket_workaround.patch
 %if 0%{?is_opensuse}
 # nothing
 %else
@@ -160,7 +159,6 @@ Test package for docker. It contains the source code and the tests.
 %if 0%{?is_opensuse}
 # nothing
 %else
-%patch1 -p1
 %patch200 -p1
 %endif
 %ifnarch %go_arches
diff --git a/gcc5_socket_workaround.patch b/gcc5_socket_workaround.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b7a4df..0000000
--- a/gcc5_socket_workaround.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-Index: docker-1.11.0/vendor/src/github.com/docker/libnetwork/drivers/bridge/netlink_deprecated_linux.go
-===================================================================
---- docker-1.11.0.orig/vendor/src/github.com/docker/libnetwork/drivers/bridge/netlink_deprecated_linux.go
-+++ docker-1.11.0/vendor/src/github.com/docker/libnetwork/drivers/bridge/netlink_deprecated_linux.go
-@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type ifreqIndex struct {
- 
- type ifreqHwaddr struct {
- 	IfrnName   [ifNameSize]byte
--	IfruHwaddr syscall.RawSockaddr
-+	IfruHwaddr patchedRawSockAddr
- }
- 
- var rnd = rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
-Index: docker-1.11.0/vendor/src/github.com/docker/libnetwork/drivers/bridge/patched_socket_ppc64xe_type.go
-===================================================================
---- /dev/null
-+++ docker-1.11.0/vendor/src/github.com/docker/libnetwork/drivers/bridge/patched_socket_ppc64xe_type.go
-@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
-+// Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LLC. All rights reserved.
-+
-+// +build linux
-+// +build ppc64 ppc64le
-+
-+package bridge
-+
-+type patchedRawSockAddr struct {
-+	Family uint16
-+	Data   [14]int8
-+}
-Index: docker-1.11.0/vendor/src/github.com/docker/libnetwork/drivers/bridge/patched_socket_type.go
-===================================================================
---- /dev/null
-+++ docker-1.11.0/vendor/src/github.com/docker/libnetwork/drivers/bridge/patched_socket_type.go
-@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
-+// Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LLC. All rights reserved.
-+
-+// +build linux,!ppc64,!ppc64le
-+
-+package bridge
-+
-+type patchedRawSockAddr struct {
-+	Family uint16
-+	Data   [14]int8
-+}