diff --git a/modules/checkers/spell/config.el b/modules/checkers/spell/config.el
index 438bb8762..035452930 100644
--- a/modules/checkers/spell/config.el
+++ b/modules/checkers/spell/config.el
@@ -135,28 +135,6 @@
                      prog-mode-hook)
                    #'spell-fu-mode))
       :config
-      ;; TODO PR this fix upstream!
-      (defadvice! +spell--fix-face-detection-a (fn &rest args)
-        "`spell-fu--faces-at-point' uses face detection that won't penetrary
-overlays (like `hl-line'). This makes `spell-fu-faces-exclude' demonstrably less
-useful when it'll still spellcheck excluded faces on any line that `hl-line' is
-displayed on, even momentarily."
-        :around #'spell-fu--faces-at-point
-        (letf! (defun get-char-property (pos prop &optional obj)
-                 (or (plist-get (text-properties-at pos) prop)
-                     (funcall get-char-property pos prop obj)))
-          (apply fn args)))
-
-      (defadvice! +spell--create-word-dict-a (_word words-file _action)
-        "Prevent `spell-fu--word-add-or-remove' from throwing non-existant
-directory errors when writing a personal dictionary file (by creating the
-directory first)."
-        :before #'spell-fu--word-add-or-remove
-        (unless (file-exists-p words-file)
-          (make-directory (file-name-directory words-file) t)
-          (with-temp-file words-file
-            (insert (format "personal_ws-1.1 %s 0\n" ispell-dictionary)))))
-
       (add-hook! 'spell-fu-mode-hook
         (defun +spell-init-excluded-faces-h ()
           "Set `spell-fu-faces-exclude' according to `+spell-excluded-faces-alist'."