diff --git a/0002-femon-Removal-of-deprecated-interface-functions.patch b/0002-femon-Removal-of-deprecated-interface-functions.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 053dfcc..0000000
--- a/0002-femon-Removal-of-deprecated-interface-functions.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-From 5d4b227597ae8346dec5a9d5d7085f9a1686c6a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Stefan Hofmann <stefan.hofmann@t-online.de>
-Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 18:07:45 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Catered for the removal of deprecated interface functions
-
----
- femon.c | 13 +++++++++++++
- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/femon.c b/femon.c
-index a368b3f..7925192 100644
---- a/femon.c
-+++ b/femon.c
-@@ -120,8 +120,21 @@ cOsdObject *cPluginFemon::MainMenuAction(void)
- {
-   // Perform the action when selected from the main VDR menu.
-   debug1("%s", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
-+#if APIVERSNUM >= 20402
-+  bool isPlaying;
-+  bool noChannels;
-+  {  // minimal scope to avoid potential deadlock with two mutexes
-+     cMutexLock mutexLock;
-+     isPlaying = cControl::Control(mutexLock);
-+  }{
-+     LOCK_CHANNELS_READ;
-+     noChannels = Channels->Count() <= 0;
-+  }
-+  if (isPlaying || noChannels)
-+#else
-   LOCK_CHANNELS_READ;
-   if (cControl::Control() || (Channels->Count() <= 0))
-+#endif
-      Skins.Message(mtInfo, tr("Femon not available"));
-   else
-      return cFemonOsd::Instance(true);
--- 
-2.46.0.windows.1
-
diff --git a/vdr-femon.spec b/vdr-femon.spec
index f0123a3..cb8b0af 100644
--- a/vdr-femon.spec
+++ b/vdr-femon.spec
@@ -1,26 +1,20 @@
 %global pname   femon
 %global __provides_exclude_from ^%{vdr_libdir}/.*\\.so.*$
-
-# Set vdr_version based on Fedora version
-%if 0%{?fedora} >= 43
-%global vdr_version 2.7.7
-%elif 0%{?fedora} == 42
-%global vdr_version 2.7.4
-%else
+# version we want build against
+%global vdr_version 2.6.3
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 40
 %global vdr_version 2.6.9
 %endif
 
 Name:           vdr-%{pname}
 Version:        2.4.0
-Release:        37%{?dist}
+Release:        28%{?dist}
 Summary:        DVB frontend status monitor plugin for VDR
-License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
+License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/rofafor/vdr-plugin-femon
 Source0:        %url/archive/refs/tags/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        %{name}.conf
 Patch0:         %{name}-gcc11.patch
-# https://www.vdr-portal.de/index.php?attachment/49666-0002-femon-removal-of-deprecated-interface-functions-zip/
-Patch1:         0002-femon-Removal-of-deprecated-interface-functions.patch
 BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gettext
@@ -53,34 +47,6 @@ install -Dpm 644 %{SOURCE1} \
 %{vdr_libdir}/libvdr-%{pname}.so.%{vdr_apiversion}
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Jul 25 2025 Martin Gansser <martinkg@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.0-37
-- Rebuilt for new VDR API version 2.7.7
-
-* Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.0-36
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Jun 21 2025 Martin Gansser <martinkg@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.0-35
-- Rebuilt for new VDR API version 2.7.6
-
-* Tue May 27 2025 Martin Gansser <martinkg@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.0-34
-- Rebuilt for new VDR API version 2.7.5
-
-* Fri Feb 28 2025 Martin Gansser <martinkg@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.0-33
-- Rebuilt for new VDR API version 2.7.4
-
-* Sun Jan 19 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.0-32
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Wed Oct 09 2024 Martin Gansser <martinkg@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.0-31
-- Rebuilt for new VDR API version 2.7.2
-- Add 0002-femon-Removal-of-deprecated-interface-functions.patch
-
-* Fri Jul 26 2024 Miroslav Suchý <msuchy@redhat.com> - 2.4.0-30
-- convert license to SPDX
-
-* Sat Jul 20 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.0-29
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild
-
 * Mon Jul 15 2024 Martin Gansser <martinkg@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.0-28
 - Rebuilt for new VDR API version 2.6.9