diff --git a/systemtap-gcc16.patch b/systemtap-gcc16.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c336ce6..0000000
--- a/systemtap-gcc16.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- systemtap-5.4/configure~	2025-10-30 14:47:35.000000000 +0000
-+++ systemtap-5.4/configure	2026-01-13 18:53:20.466037572 +0000
-@@ -3121,8 +3121,8 @@
- }
- {
-   // Unicode literals
--  char const *utf8 = u8"UTF-8 string \u2500";
--  char16_t const *utf16 = u"UTF-8 string \u2500";
-+  auto const *utf8 = u8"UTF-8 string \u2500";
-+  char16_t const *utf16 = u"UTF-16 string \u2500";
-   char32_t const *utf32 = U"UTF-32 string \u2500";
- }
- '
diff --git a/systemtap.spec b/systemtap.spec
index 577dc67..63998aa 100644
--- a/systemtap.spec
+++ b/systemtap.spec
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ f /var/log/stap-server/log 0644 stap-server stap-server -
 Name: systemtap
 # PRERELEASE
 Version: 5.4
-Release: 2%{?release_override}%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?release_override}%{?dist}
 # for version, see also configure.ac
 
 
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ Summary: Programmable system-wide instrumentation system
 License: GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL: https://sourceware.org/systemtap/
 Source: ftp://sourceware.org/pub/systemtap/releases/systemtap-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0: systemtap-gcc16.patch
 
 # Build*
 BuildRequires: make
@@ -614,7 +613,6 @@ or within a container.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch 0 -p1
 
 %build
 
@@ -1365,9 +1363,6 @@ exit 0
 
 # PRERELEASE
 %changelog
-* Tue Jan 13 2026 Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@fedoraproject.org> - 5.4-2
-- Patched to workaround Autoconf 2.72 incompatiblity with GCC 16
-
 * Fri Oct 31 2025 Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com> - 5.4-1
 - Upstream release, see wiki page below for detailed notes.
   https://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/SystemTapReleases