diff --git a/python-botocore.changes b/python-botocore.changes
index 065f1d4..6bc0019 100644
--- a/python-botocore.changes
+++ b/python-botocore.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 12 06:42:09 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- drop remove-six.patch, rejected by upstream and breaks
+  all dependent projects of botocore
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 11 11:46:31 UTC 2022 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-botocore.spec b/python-botocore.spec
index 4835ae7..a19e7c8 100644
--- a/python-botocore.spec
+++ b/python-botocore.spec
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ Summary:        Python interface for AWS
 License:        Apache-2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/boto/botocore
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/b/botocore/botocore-%{version}.tar.gz
-# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM remove-six.patch mcepl@suse.com
-# Removes dependency on six.
-Patch0:         remove-six.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
@@ -45,6 +42,7 @@ Requires:       python-jmespath >= 0.7.1
 Requires:       python-python-dateutil < 3.0.0
 Requires:       python-python-dateutil >= 2.1
 Requires:       python-requests
+Requires:       python-six
 Requires:       python-urllib3 < 1.27
 Requires:       python-urllib3 >= 1.25.4
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ BuildRequires:  procps
 A low-level interface to a growing number of Amazon Web Services.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -p1 -n botocore-%{version}
+%setup -q -n botocore-%{version}
 
 # remove bundled cacert.pem
 rm botocore/cacert.pem
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ sed -i 's/botocore\.vendored\.//' botocore/*.py tests/functional/*.py tests/inte
 %check
 # TODO: Figure out whether integration tests are possible offline
 # no_bare_six_imports: we "fixed" that above.
-%pytest --ignore tests/integration
+%pytest --ignore tests/integration -k "not no_bare_six_imports"
 %endif
 
 %if !%{with test}