diff --git a/vim-7.4-syncolor.patch b/vim-7.4-syncolor.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b41f2fe..0000000
--- a/vim-7.4-syncolor.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/highlight.c b/src/highlight.c
-index 9322f96..f7147a0 100644
---- a/src/highlight.c
-+++ b/src/highlight.c
-@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ static char *(highlight_init_light[]) = {
-     CENT("Visual term=reverse",
- 	 "Visual term=reverse guibg=LightGrey"),
- #ifdef FEAT_DIFF
--    CENT("DiffAdd term=bold ctermbg=LightBlue",
--	 "DiffAdd term=bold ctermbg=LightBlue guibg=LightBlue"),
-+    CENT("DiffAdd term=bold ctermbg=LightRed",
-+	  "DiffAdd term=bold ctermbg=LightRed guibg=LightBlue"),
-     CENT("DiffChange term=bold ctermbg=LightMagenta",
- 	 "DiffChange term=bold ctermbg=LightMagenta guibg=LightMagenta"),
-     CENT("DiffDelete term=bold ctermfg=Blue ctermbg=LightCyan",
-@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ static char *(highlight_init_dark[]) = {
-     CENT("Visual term=reverse",
- 	 "Visual term=reverse guibg=DarkGrey"),
- #ifdef FEAT_DIFF
--    CENT("DiffAdd term=bold ctermbg=DarkBlue",
--	 "DiffAdd term=bold ctermbg=DarkBlue guibg=DarkBlue"),
-+    CENT("DiffAdd term=bold ctermbg=DarkRed",
-+	  "DiffAdd term=bold ctermbg=DarkRed guibg=DarkBlue"),
-     CENT("DiffChange term=bold ctermbg=DarkMagenta",
- 	 "DiffChange term=bold ctermbg=DarkMagenta guibg=DarkMagenta"),
-     CENT("DiffDelete term=bold ctermfg=Blue ctermbg=DarkCyan",
diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index 5adc178..06582a6 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ BuildRequires: hunspell-devel
 # reported upstream as https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/8882
 Patch3000: vim-7.4-syntax.patch
 Patch3007: vim-7.4-fstabsyntax.patch
-Patch3008: vim-7.4-syncolor.patch
 Patch3010: vim-7.3-manpage-typo-668894-675480.patch
 Patch3011: vim-manpagefixes-948566.patch
 Patch3013: vim-7.4-globalsyntax.patch
@@ -326,7 +325,6 @@ perl -pi -e "s,bin/nawk,bin/awk,g" runtime/tools/mve.awk
 
 %patch3000 -p1
 %patch3007 -p1 -b .fstabsyntax
-%patch3008 -p1 -b .syncolor
 %patch3010 -p1
 %patch3011 -p1
 %patch3013 -p1