diff --git a/python-h5py.spec b/python-h5py.spec
index 32949287742634f9b4ac1d65df95cf6cfb8d9133..8769fe8f45236eda98690daf4b60007ac6a49148 100644
--- a/python-h5py.spec
+++ b/python-h5py.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ A high- and low-level interface to the HDF5 library from Python3
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{modname}-%{version}
-%autopatch -p1
 %{__python3} api_gen.py
 
 %build