diff --git a/grep.changes b/grep.changes
index ff5eedb..7fe319e 100644
--- a/grep.changes
+++ b/grep.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  7 07:08:30 UTC 2018 - schwab@suse.de
+
+- remove-backref-alt-test.patch: Remove backref-alt test which fails or
+  not depending on glibc version
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 22 15:10:33 UTC 2018 - fvogt@suse.com
 
diff --git a/grep.spec b/grep.spec
index 6958f3f..f3ae78a 100644
--- a/grep.spec
+++ b/grep.spec
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ Name:           grep
 Version:        3.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Print lines matching a pattern
-License:        GPL-3.0+
+License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
 Group:          Productivity/Text/Utilities
 Url:            https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
 Source0:        https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source2:        https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz.sig
 Source3:        https://savannah.gnu.org/project/memberlist-gpgkeys.php?group=grep&download=1#/%{name}.keyring
+Patch0:         remove-backref-alt-test.patch
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  makeinfo
 BuildRequires:  pcre-devel
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ match to a specified pattern.  By default, grep prints the matching lines.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure \
diff --git a/remove-backref-alt-test.patch b/remove-backref-alt-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..339f227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remove-backref-alt-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Index: grep-3.1/tests/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- grep-3.1.orig/tests/Makefile.am
++++ grep-3.1/tests/Makefile.am
+@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ endif
+ 
+ TESTS =						\
+   backref					\
+-  backref-alt					\
+   backref-multibyte-slow			\
+   backref-word					\
+   backslash-s-and-repetition-operators		\
+Index: grep-3.1/tests/Makefile.in
+===================================================================
+--- grep-3.1.orig/tests/Makefile.in
++++ grep-3.1/tests/Makefile.in
+@@ -1411,7 +1411,6 @@ LDADD = ../lib/libgreputils.a $(LIBINTL)
+ XFAIL_TESTS = triple-backref $(am__append_1) $(am__append_2)
+ TESTS = \
+   backref					\
+-  backref-alt					\
+   backref-multibyte-slow			\
+   backref-word					\
+   backslash-s-and-repetition-operators		\