diff --git a/sagemath.spec b/sagemath.spec
index 98c9f8b..8b5d8f4 100644
--- a/sagemath.spec
+++ b/sagemath.spec
@@ -108,13 +108,11 @@ Patch1:		%{name}-gmp.patch
 # Set of patches to work with system wide packages
 Patch2:		%{name}-scripts.patch
 
-# *** Apply patch3, not patch4, this patch for fedora <= 19
 # Do not mandate a patched ntl. It was requested to ntl upstream to
 # provide an api to match what sagemath expects.
 # http://shoup.net/pipermail/ntl_shoup.net/2012-April/000033.html
 Patch3:		%{name}-unpatched_ntl.patch
 
-# *** Apply patch4, not patch3, this patch for fedora > 19
 # Adapt to ntl 6.0.0.
 Patch4:		%{name}-ntl6.patch
 
@@ -632,7 +630,7 @@ popd
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
-%if 0%{?fedora} <= 19
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 19
 %patch3 -p1
 %else
 %patch4 -p1