diff --git a/ex/ex.patch b/ex/ex.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bad864731..0000000000
--- a/ex/ex.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- ts.c.orig	Thu Jan 30 12:04:20 2003
-+++ ts.c	Thu Jul 31 10:09:09 2003
-@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
-     int n;
-     int bytes;
- 
--    if (format == NULL || ap == NULL)
-+    if (format == NULL)
-         return -1;
-     bytes = 0;
-     while (*format != '\0') {
-@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
-     int n;
-     va_list ap2;
- 
--    if (format == NULL || ap == NULL)
-+    if (format == NULL)
-         return NULL;
-     ap2 = ap;
-     if ((n = ts_suite_mvxprintf(NULL, 0, format, ap)) == -1)
diff --git a/ex/ex.spec b/ex/ex.spec
index 649d5bd0a3..ae68fdd211 100644
--- a/ex/ex.spec
+++ b/ex/ex.spec
@@ -33,12 +33,11 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG
 Class:        PLUS
 Group:        System
 License:      MIT/X11-style
-Version:      1.0.2
-Release:      20040207
+Version:      1.0.3
+Release:      20040403
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      ftp://ftp.ossp.org/pkg/lib/ex/ex-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0:       ex.patch
 
 #   build information
 Prefix:       %{l_prefix}
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
 
 %prep
     %setup -q
-    %patch -p0
 
 %build
     CC="%{l_cc}" \