diff --git a/java-runtime-decompiler b/java-runtime-decompiler
index f7da489..4906ab2 100644
--- a/java-runtime-decompiler
+++ b/java-runtime-decompiler
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ _set_java_home
 set_jvm
 
 # all dependencies must be on classpath
-set_classpath java-runtime-decompiler rsyntaxtextarea byteman google-gson
+set_classpath java-runtime-decompiler byteman google-gson
 CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:${JAVA_HOME}/lib/tools.jar
 
 # set path to agent automatically
diff --git a/java-runtime-decompiler.spec b/java-runtime-decompiler.spec
index b96cacd..d25e5d7 100644
--- a/java-runtime-decompiler.spec
+++ b/java-runtime-decompiler.spec
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 Summary: Application for extraction and decompilation of JVM byte code
 Name: java-runtime-decompiler
 Version: 2.0
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3
 URL: https://github.com/pmikova/java-runtime-decompiler
 Source0: https://github.com/pmikova/%{name}/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: java-runtime-decompiler
 Source2: java-runtime-decompiler.1
 Source3: jrd.desktop
+# Remove RSyntaxTextArea library from the sources and dependencies, as it is not packaged for epel
+Patch1: remove_rsyntaxtextarea.patch
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires: maven-local
 BuildRequires: byteman
-BuildRequires: rsyntaxtextarea
+# RHEL does not have this package
+# BuildRequires: rsyntaxtextarea
 # depends on devel, not runtime (needs tools.jar)
 BuildRequires: java-devel = 1:1.8.0
 BuildRequires: google-gson
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ This package contains the API documentation for %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{name}-%{version}
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 pushd runtime-decompiler
@@ -73,6 +77,10 @@ desktop-file-install --vendor="fedora"                     \
 %license LICENSE
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 3 2018 Petra Mikova <petra.alice.mikova@gmail.com> - 2.0-3
+- patch to remove rsyntaxtextarea, because rhel does not have the package
+- removed from spec and runscript accordingly
+
 * Wed Nov 28 2018 Petra Mikova <petra.alice.mikova@gmail.com> - 2.0-2
 - fixed changelog
 
diff --git a/remove_rsyntaxtextarea.patch b/remove_rsyntaxtextarea.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2e9142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remove_rsyntaxtextarea.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+diff --git a/runtime-decompiler/pom.xml b/runtime-decompiler/pom.xml
+index 26a416e..e6e2425 100644
+--- a/runtime-decompiler/pom.xml
++++ b/runtime-decompiler/pom.xml
+@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@
+             <scope>system</scope>
+             <systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
+         </dependency>
+-        <dependency>
++<!--        <dependency>
+             <groupId>com.fifesoft</groupId>
+             <artifactId>rsyntaxtextarea</artifactId>
+             <version>2.6.1</version>
+-        </dependency>
++        </dependency>-->
+         <dependency>
+             <groupId>org.jboss.byteman</groupId>
+             <artifactId>byteman-install</artifactId>
+diff --git a/runtime-decompiler/src/main/java/org/jrd/frontend/BytecodeDecompilerView.java b/runtime-decompiler/src/main/java/org/jrd/frontend/BytecodeDecompilerView.java
+index 9c19e2c..8d17775 100644
+--- a/runtime-decompiler/src/main/java/org/jrd/frontend/BytecodeDecompilerView.java
++++ b/runtime-decompiler/src/main/java/org/jrd/frontend/BytecodeDecompilerView.java
+@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ package org.jrd.frontend.MainFrame;
+ 
+ import org.jrd.backend.core.OutputController;
+ import org.jrd.backend.decompiling.DecompilerWrapperInformation;
+-import org.fife.ui.rsyntaxtextarea.RSyntaxTextArea;
+-import org.fife.ui.rsyntaxtextarea.SyntaxConstants;
+-import org.fife.ui.rtextarea.RTextScrollPane;
++//import org.fife.ui.rsyntaxtextarea.RSyntaxTextArea;
++//import org.fife.ui.rsyntaxtextarea.SyntaxConstants;
++//import org.fife.ui.rtextarea.RTextScrollPane;
+ 
+ import javax.swing.*;
+ import javax.swing.border.EtchedBorder;
+@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ public class BytecodeDecompilerView {
+     private JPanel rightMainPanel;
+     private JScrollPane leftScrollPanel;
+     private JList<String> filteredClassesJlist;
+-    private RTextScrollPane bytecodeScrollPane;
+-    private RSyntaxTextArea bytecodeSyntaxTextArea;
++    private JScrollPane bytecodeScrollPane;
++    private JTextArea bytecodeSyntaxTextArea;
+     private ActionListener bytesActionListener;
+     private ActionListener classesActionListener;
+     private String[] classes;
+@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ public class BytecodeDecompilerView {
+ 
+         topComboBox = new JComboBox<DecompilerWrapperInformation>();
+ 
+-        bytecodeSyntaxTextArea = new RSyntaxTextArea();
+-        bytecodeSyntaxTextArea.setSyntaxEditingStyle(SyntaxConstants.SYNTAX_STYLE_JAVA);
+-        bytecodeSyntaxTextArea.setCodeFoldingEnabled(true);
+-        bytecodeScrollPane = new RTextScrollPane(bytecodeSyntaxTextArea);
++        bytecodeSyntaxTextArea = new JTextArea();
++        //bytecodeSyntaxTextArea.setSyntaxEditingStyle(SyntaxConstants.SYNTAX_STYLE_JAVA);
++        //bytecodeSyntaxTextArea.setCodeFoldingEnabled(true);
++        bytecodeScrollPane = new JScrollPane(bytecodeSyntaxTextArea);
+ 
+         leftMainPanel = new JPanel();
+         leftMainPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());