diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 654405d..0edc90d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /gc-7.2e.tar.gz
 /gc-7.4.2.tar.gz
+/gc-7.4.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/gc-7.4.2-install.patch b/gc-7.4.2-install.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 317adb1..0000000
--- a/gc-7.4.2-install.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -up gc-7.4.2/cord/cord.am.inst gc-7.4.2/cord/cord.am
---- gc-7.4.2/cord/cord.am.inst	2016-02-27 19:43:26.000000000 +0100
-+++ gc-7.4.2/cord/cord.am	2016-02-27 19:43:48.000000000 +0100
-@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
-         cord/tests/de_win.h \
-         cord/tests/de_win.rc
- 
--pkginclude_HEADERS += include/cord.h
-+pkginclude_HEADERS += \
-+        include/cord.h \
-+        include/cord_pos.h
diff --git a/gc.spec b/gc.spec
index f286136..39e5dc2 100644
--- a/gc.spec
+++ b/gc.spec
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 
 Summary: A garbage collector for C and C++
 Name:    gc
-Version: 7.4.2
-Release: 6%{?dist}
+Version: 7.4.4
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 License: BSD
 Url:     http://www.hboehm.info/gc/
 Source0: http://www.hboehm.info/gc/gc_source/gc-%{version}%{?pre}.tar.gz
-# https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/commit/b519011261256f8b5b0f3d9868536271c78b53f5
-# backported without ec.h because the cord_ec_* functions are not present
-# in our build
-Patch0: gc-7.4.2-install.patch
 
 ## upstreamable patches
 
@@ -38,8 +34,7 @@ Provides:  libgc-devel = %{version}-%{release}
 
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n gc-%{version}%{?pre}
-%patch0 -p1 -b .inst
+%autosetup -n gc-%{version}%{?pre}
 
 # refresh auto*/libtool to purge rpaths
 rm -f libtool libtool.m4
@@ -98,6 +93,9 @@ make check %{?arch_ignore}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 17 2016 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 7.4.4-1
+- gc-7.4.4 (#1346538)
+
 * Sat Feb 27 2016 Dan Horák <dan[at]danny.cz> - 7.4.2-6
 - install also cord_pos.h
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b834b93..e46ddd8 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-12c05fd2811d989341d8c6d81f66af87  gc-7.4.2.tar.gz
+96d18b0448a841c88d56e4ab3d180297  gc-7.4.4.tar.gz