diff --git a/zlib/zlib.spec b/zlib/zlib.spec
index cd736c60d4..5cb98b5cf4 100644
--- a/zlib/zlib.spec
+++ b/zlib/zlib.spec
@@ -32,12 +32,11 @@ Packager:     The OpenPKG Project
 Distribution: OpenPKG [CORE]
 Group:        Compression
 License:      BSD
-Version:      1.1.4
-Release:      20030227
+Version:      1.2.1
+Release:      20031124
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0:       zlib.patch
 
 #   build information
 Prefix:       %{l_prefix}
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
 
 %prep
     %setup -q
-    %patch -p1
 
 %build
     CC="%{l_cc}" \