diff --git a/elfutils-0.148-dont-crash.diff b/elfutils-0.148-dont-crash.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 5952ea9..0000000
--- a/elfutils-0.148-dont-crash.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-From: Stephan Kulow <coolo@novell.com>
-
-Avoid crash if the header is 0
-
-Index: elfutils-0.148/libdw/dwarf_getcfi_elf.c
-===================================================================
---- elfutils-0.148.orig/libdw/dwarf_getcfi_elf.c	2010-01-12 17:57:54.000000000 +0100
-+++ elfutils-0.148/libdw/dwarf_getcfi_elf.c	2010-09-13 12:51:04.299807382 +0200
-@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ parse_eh_frame_hdr (const uint8_t *hdr,
- {
-   const uint8_t *h = hdr;
- 
--  if (*h++ != 1)		/* version */
-+  if (!h || *h++ != 1)		/* version */
-     return (void *) -1l;
- 
-   uint8_t eh_frame_ptr_encoding = *h++;
diff --git a/elfutils.changes b/elfutils.changes
index b5e788f..e85f671 100644
--- a/elfutils.changes
+++ b/elfutils.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-Mon Sep 13 11:32:58 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
-
-- add small patch to avoid crash in systemtap while building preload
-
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 26 03:32:26 CEST 2010 - tonyj@suse.de
 
diff --git a/elfutils.spec b/elfutils.spec
index 90f7366..ee3df43 100644
--- a/elfutils.spec
+++ b/elfutils.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ Patch3:         elfutils-no-po-test-build.diff
 Patch4:         libebl-prototype-fix.diff
 Patch5:         elfutils-uninitialized.diff
 Patch6:         elfutils-0.137-dwarf-header-check-fix.diff
-Patch7:         elfutils-0.148-dont-crash.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  bison flex
 
@@ -141,7 +140,6 @@ to develop applications that require these.
 %patch4 -p1
 %patch5 -p1
 %patch6 -p1
-%patch7 -p1
 
 %build
 autoreconf -fi