diff --git a/rrdtool.changes b/rrdtool.changes
index c81e6c9..9c29e52 100644
--- a/rrdtool.changes
+++ b/rrdtool.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan 16 13:28:42 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- remove conditionals around patch declaration, found by Stefan Liehmann 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 11 21:16:22 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/rrdtool.spec b/rrdtool.spec
index e430d8f..60be46a 100644
--- a/rrdtool.spec
+++ b/rrdtool.spec
@@ -65,10 +65,8 @@ BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 Requires:       dejavu
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1500
 Patch13:        python3.patch
 Patch14:        harden_rrdcached.service.patch
-%endif
 %if %{with python}
 BuildRequires:  %{python}-devel
 BuildRequires:  %{python}-setuptools