diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 92e45a5..9b6ee06 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-clog
-gc6.8.tar.gz
-gc-7.0.tar.gz
+gc-7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/gc-7.0-compat_header.patch b/gc-7.0-compat_header.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6298bad..0000000
--- a/gc-7.0-compat_header.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-diff -up /dev/null gc-7.0/include/extra/gc.h
---- /dev/null	2007-08-28 14:44:51.958644302 -0500
-+++ gc-7.0/include/extra/gc.h	2007-08-29 10:56:16.000000000 -0500
-@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
-+/* This file is installed for backward compatibility. */
-+#include <gc/gc.h>
-diff -up /dev/null gc-7.0/include/extra/gc_cpp.h
---- /dev/null	2007-08-28 14:44:51.958644302 -0500
-+++ gc-7.0/include/extra/gc_cpp.h	2007-08-29 10:56:16.000000000 -0500
-@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
-+/* This file is installed for backward compatibility. */
-+#include <gc/gc_cpp.h>
-diff -up gc-7.0/include/include.am.compat_header gc-7.0/include/include.am
---- gc-7.0/include/include.am.compat_header	2005-10-10 17:33:34.000000000 -0500
-+++ gc-7.0/include/include.am	2007-08-29 10:56:16.000000000 -0500
-@@ -52,3 +52,9 @@ dist_noinst_HEADERS += \
- 	include/cord.h \
- 	include/ec.h \
- 	include/javaxfc.h 
-+
-+# unprefixed header
-+include_HEADERS += \
-+	include/extra/gc.h \
-+	include/extra/gc_cpp.h
-+
-diff -up gc-7.0/Makefile.in.compat_header gc-7.0/Makefile.in
---- gc-7.0/Makefile.in.compat_header	2007-06-28 16:12:36.000000000 -0500
-+++ gc-7.0/Makefile.in	2007-08-29 10:58:17.000000000 -0500
-@@ -462,7 +462,10 @@ EXTRA_DIST = gc_cpp.cpp README.QUICK BCC
- # C Library
- # ---------
- lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgc.la $(am__append_4) libcord.la
--include_HEADERS = 
-+# unprefixed header
-+include_HEADERS = \
-+	include/extra/gc.h \
-+	include/extra/gc_cpp.h
- 
- # installed headers
- #
diff --git a/gc-7.0-pkgconfig.patch b/gc-7.0-pkgconfig.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cbcf14..0000000
--- a/gc-7.0-pkgconfig.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-diff -up gc-7.0/bdw-gc.pc.in.includedir gc-7.0/bdw-gc.pc.in
---- gc-7.0/bdw-gc.pc.in.includedir	2005-10-10 17:33:34.000000000 -0500
-+++ gc-7.0/bdw-gc.pc.in	2007-08-21 16:20:53.000000000 -0500
-@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ Name: Boehm-Demers-Weiser Conservative G
- Description: A garbage collector for C and C++
- Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
- Libs: -L${libdir} -lgc
--Cflags: -I${includedir}
-+Cflags: -I${includedir}/gc
diff --git a/gc.spec b/gc.spec
index 23a03b8..5ba7b59 100644
--- a/gc.spec
+++ b/gc.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
 Summary: A garbage collector for C and C++ 
 Name:    gc	
-Version: 7.0 
+Version: 7.1
 
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Group:   System Environment/Libraries
 License: BSD
 Url:     http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/	
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ Source0: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/gc-%{version}.ta
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 Patch1: gc-7.0-gcinit.patch
-# http://www.hpl.hp.com/hosted/linux/mail-archives/gc/2007-August/001838.html
-Patch2: gc-7.0-compat_header.patch 
 
-BuildRequires: gawk
+BuildRequires: automake libtool 
 
 # rpmforge compatibility
 Obsoletes: libgc < %{version}-%{release}
@@ -39,7 +37,11 @@ Provides:  libgc-devel = %{version}-%{release}
 %setup -q 
 
 %patch1 -p1 -b .gcinit
-%patch2 -p1 -b .compat_header
+
+# refresh auto*/libtool to purge rpaths
+rm -f libtool libtool.m4
+libtoolize --force
+autoreconf -i
 
 
 %build
@@ -99,6 +101,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun May 04 2008 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 7.1-1
+- gc-7.1
+- purge rpaths
+
 * Fri Feb 08 2008 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 7.0-7 
 - respin (gcc43)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 6944602..bd6e6f0 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3645ccf5f32ebb27d99b27b0d29e9c38  gc-7.0.tar.gz
+2ff9924c7249ef7f736ecfe6f08f3f9b  gc-7.1.tar.gz