diff --git a/python-pip.spec b/python-pip.spec
index 06a11eb..80ac098 100644
--- a/python-pip.spec
+++ b/python-pip.spec
@@ -211,10 +211,6 @@ ln -s %{python_wheel_dir} tests/data/common_wheels
 rm -v src/pip/_vendor/distlib/*.exe
 sed -i '/\.exe/d' pyproject.toml
 
-# Remove RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE from AUTHORS.txt
-# https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12046
-%{python3} -c 'from pathlib import Path; p = Path("AUTHORS.txt"); p.write_text("".join(c for c in p.read_text() if c != "\u202e"))'
-
 # Remove unused test requirements
 sed -Ei '/(pytest-(cov|xdist|rerunfailures)|proxy\.py)/d' tests/requirements.txt