diff --git a/paramiko-2.4.1-drop-pytest-relaxed.patch b/paramiko-2.4.1-drop-pytest-relaxed.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d772e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paramiko-2.4.1-drop-pytest-relaxed.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
+index 7163fdc..947e4b3 100644
+--- a/tests/test_client.py
++++ b/tests/test_client.py
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import warnings
+ import weakref
+ from tempfile import mkstemp
+ 
+-from pytest_relaxed import raises
++from pytest import raises
+ 
+ import paramiko
+ from paramiko.pkey import PublicBlob
+@@ -656,10 +656,10 @@ class PasswordPassphraseTests(ClientTest):
+ 
+     # TODO: more granular exception pending #387; should be signaling "no auth
+     # methods available" because no key and no password
+-    @raises(SSHException)
+     def test_passphrase_kwarg_not_used_for_password_auth(self):
+-        # Using the "right" password in the "wrong" field shouldn't work.
+-        self._test_connection(passphrase='pygmalion')
++        with raises(SSHException):
++            # Using the "right" password in the "wrong" field shouldn't work.
++            self._test_connection(passphrase='pygmalion')
+ 
+     def test_passphrase_kwarg_used_for_key_passphrase(self):
+         # Straightforward again, with new passphrase kwarg.
+@@ -675,12 +675,12 @@ class PasswordPassphraseTests(ClientTest):
+             password='television',
+         )
+ 
+-    @raises(AuthenticationException) # TODO: more granular
+     def test_password_kwarg_not_used_for_passphrase_when_passphrase_kwarg_given(self): # noqa
+-        # Sanity: if we're given both fields, the password field is NOT used as
+-        # a passphrase.
+-        self._test_connection(
+-            key_filename=_support('test_rsa_password.key'),
+-            password='television',
+-            passphrase='wat? lol no',
+-        )
++        with raises(AuthenticationException): # TODO: more granular
++            # Sanity: if we're given both fields, the password field is NOT used as
++            # a passphrase.
++            self._test_connection(
++                key_filename=_support('test_rsa_password.key'),
++                password='television',
++                passphrase='wat? lol no',
++            )
+
diff --git a/python-paramiko.spec b/python-paramiko.spec
index b36935a..0426633 100644
--- a/python-paramiko.spec
+++ b/python-paramiko.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ URL:           https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko
 Source0:       https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/archive/%{version}/paramiko-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 Patch0:        paramiko-2.3.1-disable-gssapi-on-unsupported-version.patch
+Patch1:        paramiko-2.4.1-drop-pytest-relaxed.patch
 
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