diff --git a/rpm/Makefile b/rpm/Makefile
index caa3cbdf93..81b8fe2db6 100644
--- a/rpm/Makefile
+++ b/rpm/Makefile
@@ -94,11 +94,6 @@ $(DISTROS): sources
 
 .PHONY: sources
 sources: rpmbuild/SOURCES/engine.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/cli.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/buildx.tgz rpmbuild/SOURCES/compose.tgz
-sources: rpmbuild/SOURCES/01-rlimit_nofile-rhel7.patch
-
-rpmbuild/SOURCES/%.patch:
-	mkdir -p $(@D)
-	cp $(CURDIR)/patches/$(@F) $@
 
 rpmbuild/SOURCES/engine.tgz:
 	mkdir -p $(@D)
diff --git a/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec b/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec
index 5cb9eb1e0a..06cfc66a3c 100644
--- a/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec
+++ b/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Version: %{_version}
 Release: %{_release}%{?dist}
 Epoch: 3
 Source0: engine.tgz
-Patch0: 01-rlimit_nofile-rhel7.patch
 Summary: The open-source application container engine
 Group: Tools/Docker
 License: ASL 2.0
@@ -70,9 +69,6 @@ depending on a particular stack or provider.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -c -n src -a 0
-%if 0%{?rhel} == 7
-%patch -p1 -P 0
-%endif
 
 %build
 
diff --git a/rpm/patches/01-rlimit_nofile-rhel7.patch b/rpm/patches/01-rlimit_nofile-rhel7.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 55a50aff88..0000000000
--- a/rpm/patches/01-rlimit_nofile-rhel7.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git i/engine/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service w/engine/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
-index d8c7867057..b73ecf7363 100644
---- i/engine/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
-+++ w/engine/contrib/init/systemd/docker.service
-@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ StartLimitInterval=60s
- # in the kernel. We recommend using cgroups to do container-local accounting.
- LimitNPROC=infinity
- LimitCORE=infinity
-+# Older systemd versions default to a LimitNOFILE of 1024:1024, which is insufficient for many
-+# applications including dockerd itself and will be inherited. Raise the hard limit, while
-+# preserving the soft limit for select(2).
-+LimitNOFILE=1024:524288
- 
- # Comment TasksMax if your systemd version does not support it.
- # Only systemd 226 and above support this option.