diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index 3c4db35..52e1b26 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ for a in */*; do mv `pwd`/$a .; done
 %if %{javaless}
 tar -xjvf %{SOURCE20}
 %endif
-%apply_patches
+#apply_patches
 
 # to make the friggin cppunit tests work
 mkdir -p ~/tmp