diff --git a/mono-core.spec b/mono-core.spec
index b7a61d3109..6deeb1d4cb 100644
--- a/mono-core.spec
+++ b/mono-core.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Mono
 Url:            http://www.mono-project.com
 Source0:        http://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/mono-%{version}.tar.xz
 Patch0:		llvm_llc_opt_default_path.patch
-Patch1:		use_python3_not_unversioned.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  bison
@@ -143,9 +142,6 @@ technologies that have been submitted to the ECMA for standardization.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n mono-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
-%if 0%{?rhel} >= 8
-%patch1 -p1
-%endif
 
 %build
 %{?scl:scl enable %{scl} - << \EOF}
diff --git a/use_python3_not_unversioned.patch b/use_python3_not_unversioned.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 88ea343264..0000000000
--- a/use_python3_not_unversioned.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/mono/mini/Makefile.am.in b/mono/mini/Makefile.am.in
-index 60055ce9ac9..b91c74ec3a8 100755
---- a/mono/mini/Makefile.am.in
-+++ b/mono/mini/Makefile.am.in
-@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ MemoryIntrinsics.dll: MemoryIntrinsics.il
- 
- GENMDESC_OPTS=
- 
--GENMDESC_PRG=python $(srcdir)/genmdesc.py $(target_define) $(srcdir)
-+GENMDESC_PRG=python3 $(srcdir)/genmdesc.py $(target_define) $(srcdir)
- 
- cpu-wasm.h: mini-ops.h cpu-wasm.md $(srcdir)/genmdesc.py
- 	$(GENMDESC_PRG) cpu-wasm.h wasm_desc $(srcdir)/cpu-wasm.md
-diff --git a/scripts/mono-heapviz b/scripts/mono-heapviz
-index 27b6f7f6023..c4a4847bbe6 100755
---- a/scripts/mono-heapviz
-+++ b/scripts/mono-heapviz
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--#!/usr/bin/env python
-+#!/usr/bin/env python3
- 
- # Generate a heap visualization for SGen from the heap dump written by
- # mono if the MONO_GC_DEBUG is set to something like