diff --git a/clutter-1.6.16-no-drm-hax.patch b/clutter-1.6.16-no-drm-hax.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dec842f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clutter-1.6.16-no-drm-hax.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+diff -up clutter-1.6.16/clutter/glx/clutter-backend-glx.c.jx clutter-1.6.16/clutter/glx/clutter-backend-glx.c
+--- clutter-1.6.16/clutter/glx/clutter-backend-glx.c.jx	2011-06-24 13:30:13.000000000 -0400
++++ clutter-1.6.16/clutter/glx/clutter-backend-glx.c	2011-06-24 13:31:25.298367259 -0400
+@@ -361,29 +361,6 @@ clutter_backend_glx_get_features (Clutte
+       CLUTTER_NOTE (BACKEND, "glXGetVideoSyncSGI vblank setup failed");
+     }
+ 
+-#ifdef __linux__
+-  /*
+-   * DRI is really an extreme fallback -rumoured to work with Via chipsets
+-   */
+-  if (!(flags & CLUTTER_FEATURE_SYNC_TO_VBLANK))
+-    {
+-      CLUTTER_NOTE (BACKEND, "attempting DRI vblank setup");
+-
+-      backend_glx->dri_fd = open("/dev/dri/card0", O_RDWR);
+-      if (backend_glx->dri_fd >= 0)
+-        {
+-          CLUTTER_NOTE (BACKEND, "DRI vblank setup success");
+-
+-          backend_glx->vblank_type = CLUTTER_VBLANK_DRI;
+-          flags |= CLUTTER_FEATURE_SYNC_TO_VBLANK;
+-
+-          goto vblank_setup_done;
+-        }
+-
+-      CLUTTER_NOTE (BACKEND, "DRI vblank setup failed");
+-    }
+-#endif /* __linux__ */
+-
+   CLUTTER_NOTE (BACKEND, "no use-able vblank mechanism found");
+ 
+ vblank_setup_done:
+diff -up clutter-1.6.16/clutter/glx/clutter-stage-glx.c.jx clutter-1.6.16/clutter/glx/clutter-stage-glx.c
+--- clutter-1.6.16/clutter/glx/clutter-stage-glx.c.jx	2011-06-14 08:37:35.000000000 -0400
++++ clutter-1.6.16/clutter/glx/clutter-stage-glx.c	2011-06-24 13:30:55.684264807 -0400
+@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <errno.h>
+ 
+-#ifdef HAVE_DRM
+-#include <drm.h>
+-#endif
+-
+ static void clutter_stage_window_iface_init     (ClutterStageWindowIface     *iface);
+ static void clutter_event_translator_iface_init (ClutterEventTranslatorIface *iface);
+ 
+@@ -311,24 +307,6 @@ clutter_stage_glx_add_redraw_clip (Clutt
+   stage_glx->initialized_redraw_clip = TRUE;
+ }
+ 
+-#ifdef HAVE_DRM
+-static int
+-drm_wait_vblank(int fd, drm_wait_vblank_t *vbl)
+-{
+-    int ret, rc;
+-
+-    do
+-      {
+-        ret = ioctl(fd, DRM_IOCTL_WAIT_VBLANK, vbl);
+-        vbl->request.type &= ~_DRM_VBLANK_RELATIVE;
+-        rc = errno;
+-      }
+-    while (ret && rc == EINTR);
+-
+-    return rc;
+-}
+-#endif /* HAVE_DRM */
+-
+ static void
+ wait_for_vblank (ClutterBackendGLX *backend_glx)
+ {
+@@ -347,17 +325,7 @@ wait_for_vblank (ClutterBackendGLX *back
+     }
+   else
+     {
+-#ifdef HAVE_DRM
+-      drm_wait_vblank_t blank;
+-
+-      CLUTTER_NOTE (BACKEND, "Waiting for vblank (drm)");
+-      blank.request.type     = _DRM_VBLANK_RELATIVE;
+-      blank.request.sequence = 1;
+-      blank.request.signal   = 0;
+-      drm_wait_vblank (backend_glx->dri_fd, &blank);
+-#else
+       CLUTTER_NOTE (BACKEND, "No vblank mechanism found");
+-#endif /* HAVE_DRM */
+     }
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/clutter.spec b/clutter.spec
index 947e309..0c7365b 100644
--- a/clutter.spec
+++ b/clutter.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:          clutter
 Version:       1.6.16
-Release:       2%{?dist}
+Release:       3%{?dist}
 Summary:       Open Source software library for creating rich graphical user interfaces
 
 Group:         Development/Libraries
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Patch1: 0001-docs-Use-const-instead-G_CONST_RETURN.patch
 Patch2: 0002-cogl-Use-const-instead-G_CONST_RETURN.patch
 Patch3: 0003-cally-Use-const-instead-G_CONST_RETURN.patch
 Patch4: 0004-clutter-Use-const-instead-G_CONST_RETURN.patch
+Patch5: clutter-1.6.16-no-drm-hax.patch
 
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel mesa-libGL-devel pkgconfig pango-devel
 BuildRequires: cairo-gobject-devel gdk-pixbuf2-devel atk-devel
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ This package contains documentation for clutter.
 %patch2 -p1 -b .const-2
 %patch3 -p1 -b .const-3
 %patch4 -p1 -b .const-4
+%patch5 -p1 -b .no-drm-hax
 
 %build
 (if ! test -x configure; then NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh; CONFIGFLAGS=--enable-gtk-doc; fi;
@@ -110,6 +112,10 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/cally
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 24 2011 Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com> 1.6.16-3
+- clutter-1.6.16-no-drm-hax.patch: Remove the insane DRM-banging fallback for
+  sync to vblank.
+
 * Fri Jun 17 2011 Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek@redhat.com> - 1.6.16-2
 - Fix G_CONST_RETURN usage