diff --git a/gdb-gef.spec b/gdb-gef.spec
index 9d5e16e..4ab2330 100644
--- a/gdb-gef.spec
+++ b/gdb-gef.spec
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ Source1:        gdb-gef
 # https://github.com/hugsy/gef/pull/1094
 Patch0:         gef-got-audit.patch
 Patch1:         gef-gcc15.patch
-Patch2:         gef-buffer.patch
-Patch3:         gef-tcache-tests.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 ExclusiveArch:  x86_64
@@ -37,6 +35,7 @@ BuildRequires:  file
 BuildRequires:  binutils
 BuildRequires:  procps-ng
 BuildRequires:  python3
+BuildRequires:  python3-pylint
 BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
 BuildRequires:  python3-pytest-benchmark
 BuildRequires:  python3-pytest-cov
@@ -68,8 +67,6 @@ the relevant information from the debugging runtime.
 %forgesetup
 %patch 0 -p1
 %patch 1 -p1
-%patch 2 -p1
-%patch 3 -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@ install -m 0755 %{SOURCE1}.sh %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/gdb-gef
 %if %{with check}
 %check
 make -C tests/binaries
-python3 -m pytest -v -m "not benchmark and not online and not tcache" tests/
+python3 -m pytest -v -m "not benchmark" -m "not online" tests/
 %endif
 
 
diff --git a/gef-buffer.patch b/gef-buffer.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d423cfe..0000000
--- a/gef-buffer.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/gef.py b/gef.py
-index 7ce988f..61a75f5 100644
---- a/gef.py
-+++ b/gef.py
-@@ -82,8 +82,12 @@ import warnings
- from functools import lru_cache
- from io import StringIO, TextIOWrapper
- from types import ModuleType
--from typing import (Any, ByteString, Callable, Generator, Iterable, Iterator,
-+from typing import (Any, Callable, Generator, Iterable, Iterator,
-                     NoReturn, Sequence, Type, TypeVar, cast)
-+try:
-+    from typing import ByteString
-+except ImportError:
-+    from collections.abc import Buffer as ByteString
- from urllib.request import urlopen
- 
- 
diff --git a/gef-tcache-tests.patch b/gef-tcache-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b39af1..0000000
--- a/gef-tcache-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/tests/commands/heap.py b/tests/commands/heap.py
-index b3bce6f..49226ba 100644
---- a/tests/commands/heap.py
-+++ b/tests/commands/heap.py
-@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
- Heap commands test module
- """
- 
-+import pytest
-+
- from tests.base import RemoteGefUnitTestGeneric
- from tests.utils import (
-     ARCH,
-@@ -179,6 +181,7 @@ class HeapCommandNonMain(RemoteGefUnitTestGeneric):
-         res = gdb.execute(cmd, to_string=True)
-         self.assertIn("size=0x20", res)
- 
-+    @pytest.mark.tcache
-     def test_cmd_heap_bins_tcache(self):
-         gdb = self._gdb
-         gdb.execute("run")
-@@ -292,6 +295,7 @@ class HeapCommandTcache(RemoteGefUnitTestGeneric):
-         self.expected_tcache_bin_size = 0x20 if ARCH == "i686" or is_64b() else 0x18
-         return super().setUp()
- 
-+    @pytest.mark.tcache
-     def test_cmd_heap_bins_tcache_all(self):
-         gdb = self._gdb
-         gdb.execute("run")
-diff --git a/tests/pytest.ini b/tests/pytest.ini
-index 726db8e..7b86b98 100644
---- a/tests/pytest.ini
-+++ b/tests/pytest.ini
-@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ testpaths =
- markers =
-     slow: flag test as slow (deselect with '-m "not slow"')
-     online: flag test as requiring internet to work (deselect with '-m "not online"')
-+    tcache: flag test as checking glibc tcache (deselect with '-m "not tcache"')