diff --git a/userspace-rcu-ppc64le.patch b/userspace-rcu-ppc64le.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index edae8cf..0000000
--- a/userspace-rcu-ppc64le.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-Index: userspace-rcu-0.8.1/urcu/arch/ppc.h
-===================================================================
---- userspace-rcu-0.8.1.orig/urcu/arch/ppc.h
-+++ userspace-rcu-0.8.1/urcu/arch/ppc.h
-@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ extern "C" {
- 
- typedef unsigned long long cycles_t;
- 
--#ifdef __powerpc64__
-+#if defined(__powerpc64__) || defined(__powerpc64le__)
- static inline cycles_t caa_get_cycles(void)
- {
- 	return (cycles_t) mftb();
-Index: userspace-rcu-0.8.1/configure
-===================================================================
---- userspace-rcu-0.8.1.orig/configure
-+++ userspace-rcu-0.8.1/configure
-@@ -7148,6 +7148,9 @@ s390*-*linux*|s390*-*tpf*|sparc*-*linux*
- 	  ppc*-*linux*|powerpc*-*linux*)
- 	    LD="${LD-ld} -m elf64ppc"
- 	    ;;
-+	  ppc*le-*linux*|powerpc*le-*linux*)
-+	    LD="${LD-ld} -m elf64ppc"
-+	    ;;
- 	  s390*-*linux*|s390*-*tpf*)
- 	    LD="${LD-ld} -m elf64_s390"
- 	    ;;
-@@ -12665,6 +12668,8 @@ case $host_cpu in #(
-     ARCHTYPE="ppc" ;; #(
-   powerpc64) :
-     ARCHTYPE="ppc" ;; #(
-+  powerpc64le) :
-+    ARCHTYPE="ppc" ;; #(
-   ppc) :
-     ARCHTYPE="ppc" ;; #(
-   s390) :
diff --git a/userspace-rcu.changes b/userspace-rcu.changes
index b0eab00..0e30bb2 100644
--- a/userspace-rcu.changes
+++ b/userspace-rcu.changes
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 29 19:09:49 UTC 2015 - dmueller@suse.com
 
-- remove dependency on gpg-offline, is done by source validator 
+- remove dependency on gpg-offline, is done by source validator
+- drop userspace-rcu-ppc64le.patch, included in
+  userspace-rcu-aarch64.patch
 
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 Mon Aug 31 19:14:52 UTC 2015 - dmueller@suse.com