diff --git a/vim-disable-xxd-color2-test.patch b/vim-disable-xxd-color2-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 09d38bc..0000000
--- a/vim-disable-xxd-color2-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/testdir/test_xxd.vim b/src/testdir/test_xxd.vim
-index 437437e..a7deaeb 100644
---- a/src/testdir/test_xxd.vim
-+++ b/src/testdir/test_xxd.vim
-@@ -583,11 +583,11 @@ func Test_xxd_color2()
-   call TermWait(buf)
-   call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_xxd_color_0', {})
- 
--  call TermWait(buf)
--  call term_sendkeys(buf,  "clear\<CR>")
--  call term_sendkeys(buf,  s:xxd_cmd .. " -R always  < XXDfile_colors\<cr>")
--  call TermWait(buf)
--  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_xxd_color_1', {})
-+  "call TermWait(buf)
-+  "call term_sendkeys(buf,  "clear\<CR>")
-+  "call term_sendkeys(buf,  s:xxd_cmd .. " -R always  < XXDfile_colors\<cr>")
-+  "call TermWait(buf)
-+  "call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_xxd_color_1', {})
- 
-   call term_sendkeys(buf,  "exit\<CR>")
- 
diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index 09cc7a4..fb55816 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ Patch3003: vim-python3-tests.patch
 Patch3004: vim-crypto-warning.patch
 # don't ever set mouse (Fedora downstream patch)
 Patch3005: vim-8.0-copy-paste.patch
-# downstream patch for now - reported upstream here https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/13040/
-Patch3006: vim-disable-xxd-color2-test.patch
 
 
 # uses autoconf in spec file
@@ -413,7 +411,6 @@ perl -pi -e "s,bin/nawk,bin/awk,g" runtime/tools/mve.awk
 %patch -P 3003 -p1 -b .python-tests
 %patch -P 3004 -p1 -b .fips-warning
 %patch -P 3005 -p1 -b .copypaste
-%patch -P 3006 -p1 -b .nocleartest
 
 %build
 cd src