diff --git a/libs/newt/Makefile b/libs/newt/Makefile
index 3f10fb0c1..10abe55f4 100644
--- a/libs/newt/Makefile
+++ b/libs/newt/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=newt
 PKG_VERSION:=0.52.21
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://releases.pagure.org/newt
diff --git a/libs/newt/patches/python_init_once.patch b/libs/newt/patches/python_init_once.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d52b4486..000000000
--- a/libs/newt/patches/python_init_once.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-Author: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>
-Description: newtInit() should only be called once
-Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=557960
-Forwarded: no
-Last-Updated: 2014-06-11
-
---- a/snack.c
-+++ b/snack.c
-@@ -377,10 +377,15 @@ static snackWidget * snackWidgetNew (voi
- }
- 
- static PyObject * initScreen(PyObject * s, PyObject * args) {
-+    static int init_newt = 1;
-     suspend.cb = NULL;
-     suspend.data = NULL;
-     
-     newtInit();
-+    if (init_newt) { 
-+	newtInit();
-+	init_newt = 0;
-+    }
-     newtCls();
- 
-     Py_INCREF(Py_None);