diff --git a/tar.changes b/tar.changes
index 18d0cb2..511d4a4 100644
--- a/tar.changes
+++ b/tar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 20 13:58:56 UTC 2017 - kstreitova@suse.com
+
+- remove tar-1.26-remove_O_NONBLOCK.patch as this issue was fixed
+  in tar 1.27 (commit 03858cf583ce299b836d8a848967ce290a6bf303)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr  3 11:08:23 UTC 2017 - svalx@svalx.net
 
diff --git a/tar.spec b/tar.spec
index 4ef7c47..67c17b1 100644
--- a/tar.spec
+++ b/tar.spec
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ Source1:        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2.sig
 Source2:        %{name}.keyring
 Patch3:         %{name}-wildcards.patch
 Patch6:         %{name}-backup-spec-fix-paths.patch
-# This issue has been fixed in tar-1.27
-# http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=03858cf583ce299b836d8a848967ce290a6bf303
-Patch7:         %{name}-1.26-remove_O_NONBLOCK.patch
 Patch10:        paxutils-rtapelib_mtget.patch
 # don't print warning about zero blocks
 # the patch is used in Fedora and Debian
@@ -119,7 +116,6 @@ it may as well access remote devices or files.
 %setup -q
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch6 -p1
-#%patch7 -p1
 %patch10 -p1
 %patch11 -p1
 #%patch12 -p1