diff --git a/mysql-connector-python-rpath.patch b/mysql-connector-python-rpath.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f9e0d0..0000000
--- a/mysql-connector-python-rpath.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur mysql-connector-python-8.0.33-src/cpydist/__init__.py mysql-connector-python_patched/cpydist/__init__.py
---- mysql-connector-python-8.0.33-src/cpydist/__init__.py	2023-03-30 12:58:04.000000000 +0200
-+++ mysql-connector-python_patched/cpydist/__init__.py	2025-07-21 09:21:19.084953101 +0200
-@@ -722,9 +722,6 @@
-                 # Add extra link args
-                 if self.extra_link_args:
-                     ext.extra_link_args.extend(self.extra_link_args.split())
--                # Add -rpath if the platform is Linux
--                if platform.system() == "Linux" and not self.skip_vendor:
--                    ext.extra_link_args.extend(["-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/mysql/vendor"])
-                 # Add include dirs
-                 if self.with_openssl_include_dir:
-                     ext.include_dirs.append(self.with_openssl_include_dir)
diff --git a/mysql-connector-python.spec b/mysql-connector-python.spec
index 9edcd5f..b1c4eb7 100644
--- a/mysql-connector-python.spec
+++ b/mysql-connector-python.spec
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
 # Please, preserve the changelog entries
 #
 
-%if 0%{?fedora} >= 43
-ExcludeArch: %{ix86}
-%endif
-
 # Tests only run on manual build --with tests
 # Tests rely on MySQL version 5.6
 %global with_tests   %{?_with_tests:1}%{!?_with_tests:0}
@@ -25,7 +21,7 @@ ExcludeArch: %{ix86}
 
 Name:           mysql-connector-python
 Version:        8.0.33
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        MySQL Connector for Python 3
 
 # Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2 with exceptions - review is highly recommended.
@@ -41,8 +37,6 @@ URL:            http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/index.html
 # generate-modified-sources.sh script available in this repo
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}-src-without-fonts.tar.gz
 
-Patch0:         %{name}-rpath.patch
-
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel >= 3
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 # for building the extension modules
@@ -89,7 +83,6 @@ Documentation: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/index.html
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}-src
 chmod -x examples/*py
-%patch -P0 -p1
 
 %build
 export MYSQL_CAPI=%{_prefix}  # searches for bin/mysql_config in here, enables the extension module
@@ -151,21 +144,6 @@ rm -r docs/mysqlx
 %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}3.1.*
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Sep 19 2025 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 8.0.33-7
-- Rebuilt for Python 3.14.0rc3 bytecode
-
-* Fri Aug 15 2025 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 8.0.33-6
-- Rebuilt for Python 3.14.0rc2 bytecode
-
-* Tue Jul 29 2025 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 8.0.33-5
-- Rebuild without i686 architecture - MySQL 8.4 no longer supports it
-
-* Thu Jul 24 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 8.0.33-4
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Mon Jul 21 2025 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 8.0.33-3
-- Bump release for package rebuild
-
 * Tue Jul 15 2025 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 8.0.33-2
 - Bump release for package rebuild