diff --git a/0003-use-config.toml-as-config.patch b/0003-use-config.toml-as-config.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 79764ac1a4597f4596a258772932a49964b2ecdb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/0003-use-config.toml-as-config.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/data/macros.cargo b/data/macros.cargo
-index e54705a..eff8bae 100644
---- a/data/macros.cargo
-+++ b/data/macros.cargo
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
- %cargo_prep (\
- set -eu \
- %{__mkdir} -p .cargo \
--cat > .cargo/config << EOF \
-+cat > .cargo/config.toml << EOF \
- [build]\
- rustc = "%{__rustc}"\
- rustdoc = "%{__rustdoc}"\
diff --git a/rust-packaging.spec b/rust-packaging.spec
index 6a3389b87144fcb17c7143597929c580870e10a1..072004b73472481a82ae989918a59174b859e0a4 100644
--- a/rust-packaging.spec
+++ b/rust-packaging.spec
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@
 
 Name:           rust-packaging
 Version:        23
-Release:        3
+Release:        4
 Summary:        RPM macros for building Rust packages on various architectures
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://pagure.io/fedora-rust/rust2rpm
 Source:         https://pagure.io/fedora-rust/rust2rpm/archive/v%{version}/rust2rpm-v%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch1:         0001-remove-test-spec-with-opensuse-tomlfile.patch
 Patch2:         0002-rust-macros-do-not-strip.patch
-Patch3:         0003-use-config.toml-as-config.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel python3-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  python3-pbr python3-pip python3-wheel
@@ -76,6 +75,9 @@ PYTEST_XDIST_AUTO_NUM_WORKERS=%{_smp_build_ncpus} \
 %{python3_sitelib}/rust2rpm-*.dist-info/
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 19 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 23-4
+- revert config.toml change as there are too many downstream packages affected
+
 * Sun Aug 17 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 23-3
 - use config.toml rather than config for projects