diff --git a/luit.changes b/luit.changes
index 11d7c03..bf04a09 100644
--- a/luit.changes
+++ b/luit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 23 12:01:58 UTC 2016 - sndirsch@suse.com
+
+- removed u_luit-Set-up-terminal-before-fork.diff; upstream author
+  and maintainer Thomas Dickey can't reproduce the issue and
+  downstream, i.e. me, doesn't know how to reproduce it either ...
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 20 15:48:48 UTC 2016 - sndirsch@suse.com
 
diff --git a/luit.spec b/luit.spec
index f723551..9b54c98 100644
--- a/luit.spec
+++ b/luit.spec
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          System/X11/Utilities
 Url:            http://invisible-island.net/luit/
 Source0:        ftp://invisible-island.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tgz
-# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM u_luit-Set-up-terminal-before-fork.diff fdo#48638 -- Set up terminal before fork
-Patch0:         u_luit-Set-up-terminal-before-fork.diff
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(fontenc)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(x11)
@@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ the locale's encoding.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --with-localealiasfile=%{_datadir}/X11/locale/locale.alias
diff --git a/u_luit-Set-up-terminal-before-fork.diff b/u_luit-Set-up-terminal-before-fork.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 10e1cc9..0000000
--- a/u_luit-Set-up-terminal-before-fork.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-From 6b1da100f2984701f181f5d2635ffcff06db9be1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Mike Fabian <mike.fabian@gmx.de>
-Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 13:42:00 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Set up terminal before fork.
-Patch-mainline: To be submitted.
-
-After the fork it is undefined wether parent or child runs
-first. So there can be a race: if the child runs before the
-terminal of the parent is set up correctly luit may hang.
-This patch sets up the terminal before forking and undoes
-the settings in the child.
-
-Signed-off-by: Egbert Eich <eich@freedesktop.org>
----
- luit.c |    7 ++++++-
- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
-
-Index: luit-20130217/luit.c
-===================================================================
---- luit-20130217.orig/luit.c
-+++ luit-20130217/luit.c
-@@ -776,6 +776,8 @@ condom(int argc, char **argv)
- 	IGNORE_RC(pipe(c2p_waitpipe));
-     }
- 
-+    setup_io(pty);
-+
-     TRACE(("...forking to run %s(%s)\n", path, child_argv[0]));
-     pid = fork();
-     if (pid < 0) {
-@@ -784,6 +786,10 @@ condom(int argc, char **argv)
-     }
- 
-     if (pid == 0) {
-+#ifdef SIGWINCH
-+	installHandler(SIGWINCH, SIG_DFL);
-+#endif
-+	installHandler(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
- 	close(pty);
- 	if (pipe_option) {
- 	    close_waitpipe(1);
-@@ -865,7 +871,6 @@ parent(int pid GCC_UNUSED, int pty)
-     if (verbose) {
- 	reportIso2022("Output", outputState);
-     }
--    setup_io(pty);
- 
-     if (pipe_option) {
- 	write_waitpipe(p2c_waitpipe);