diff --git a/desktop/kde/applications/kate/pspec.xml b/desktop/kde/applications/kate/pspec.xml
index 8f0c2f80da..d590297673 100755
--- a/desktop/kde/applications/kate/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/kde/applications/kate/pspec.xml
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
             <Dependency>kuserfeedback-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
          <Patches>
-             <!--Patch level="1">kate-17.04.0-allow-root.patch</Patch>
-             <Patch level="1">kwrite-17.04.0-allow-root.patch</Patch-->
+             <Patch level="1">kate-17.04.0-allow-root.patch</Patch>
+             <Patch level="1">kwrite-17.04.0-allow-root.patch</Patch>
         </Patches>
     </Source>