diff --git a/ghostscript-gs-executable.patch b/ghostscript-gs-executable.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ae16dde..0000000
--- a/ghostscript-gs-executable.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,361 +0,0 @@
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/bdftops.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/bdftops
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/bdftops.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/bdftops	2009-08-03 17:53:20.569875831 +0100
-@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -dBATCH -dNODISPLAY -- bdftops.ps "$@"
-+exec "$gs" -q -dBATCH -dNODISPLAY -- bdftops.ps "$@"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/dumphint.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/dumphint
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/dumphint.gs-executable	2009-01-04 20:11:57.000000000 +0000
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/dumphint	2009-08-03 17:53:20.570875283 +0100
-@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
- 
- OPTIONS="-dSAFER -dDELAYSAFER"
-@@ -27,4 +26,4 @@ if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
- 	exit 1
- fi
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -dNODISPLAY $OPTIONS -- "`dirname $0`/dumphint.ps" "$1"
-+exec "$gs" -q -dNODISPLAY $OPTIONS -- "`dirname $0`/dumphint.ps" "$1"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/eps2eps.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/eps2eps
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/eps2eps.gs-executable	2009-01-10 22:11:18.000000000 +0000
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/eps2eps	2009-08-03 17:53:20.573877995 +0100
-@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
- OPTIONS="-dDEVICEWIDTH=250000 -dDEVICEHEIGHT=250000"
- while true
-@@ -26,4 +25,4 @@ if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
- 	exit 1
- fi
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -sDEVICE=epswrite -sstdout=%stderr "-sOutputFile=$2" -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER $OPTIONS "$1"
-+exec "$gs" -q -sDEVICE=epswrite -sstdout=%stderr "-sOutputFile=$2" -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER $OPTIONS "$1"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/font2c.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/font2c
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/font2c.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/font2c	2009-08-03 17:53:20.576874823 +0100
-@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -dNODISPLAY -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -- font2c.ps "$@"
-+exec "$gs" -q -dNODISPLAY -dWRITESYSTEMDICT -- font2c.ps "$@"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsbj.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsbj
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsbj.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsbj	2009-08-03 17:53:20.579874829 +0100
-@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -sDEVICE=bj10e -r180 -dNOPAUSE -sPROGNAME=$0 -- gslp.ps --heading-center "`date`" "$@"
-+exec "$gs" -q -sDEVICE=bj10e -r180 -dNOPAUSE -sPROGNAME=$0 -- gslp.ps --heading-center "`date`" "$@"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsdj500.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsdj500
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsdj500.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsdj500	2009-08-03 17:53:20.582874574 +0100
-@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -sDEVICE=djet500 -r300 -dNOPAUSE -sPROGNAME=$0 -- gslp.ps --heading-center "`date`" "$@"
-+exec "$gs" -q -sDEVICE=djet500 -r300 -dNOPAUSE -sPROGNAME=$0 -- gslp.ps --heading-center "`date`" "$@"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsdj.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsdj
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsdj.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsdj	2009-08-03 17:53:20.585875161 +0100
-@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -sDEVICE=deskjet -r300 -dNOPAUSE -sPROGNAME=$0 -- gslp.ps --heading-center "`date`" "$@"
-+exec "$gs" -q -sDEVICE=deskjet -r300 -dNOPAUSE -sPROGNAME=$0 -- gslp.ps --heading-center "`date`" "$@"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/gslj.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/gslj
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/gslj.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/gslj	2009-08-03 17:53:20.588874966 +0100
-@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -sDEVICE=laserjet -r300 -dNOPAUSE -sPROGNAME=$0 -- gslp.ps --heading-center "`date`" "$@"
-+exec "$gs" -q -sDEVICE=laserjet -r300 -dNOPAUSE -sPROGNAME=$0 -- gslp.ps --heading-center "`date`" "$@"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/gslp.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/gslp
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/gslp.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/gslp	2009-08-03 17:53:20.591874666 +0100
-@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -sDEVICE=epson -r180 -dNOPAUSE -sPROGNAME=$0 -- gslp.ps --heading-center "`date`" "$@"
-+exec "$gs" -q -sDEVICE=epson -r180 -dNOPAUSE -sPROGNAME=$0 -- gslp.ps --heading-center "`date`" "$@"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsnd.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsnd
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsnd.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/gsnd	2009-08-03 17:53:20.594874682 +0100
-@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -dNODISPLAY "$@"
-+exec "$gs" -dNODISPLAY "$@"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/pdf2dsc.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/pdf2dsc
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/pdf2dsc.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/pdf2dsc	2009-08-03 17:53:20.597874954 +0100
-@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
- me=`basename $0`
- 
-@@ -31,5 +30,5 @@ pdffile=$1
- dscfile=$2
- : ${dscfile:=`echo $pdffile | sed 's,\.[^/.]*,,'`.dsc}
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -dNODISPLAY -dSAFER -dDELAYSAFER\
-+exec "$gs" -q -dNODISPLAY -dSAFER -dDELAYSAFER\
-     -sPDFname="$pdffile" -sDSCname="$dscfile" pdf2dsc.ps -c quit
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/pdf2ps.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/pdf2ps
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/pdf2ps.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/pdf2ps	2009-08-03 17:53:20.601874677 +0100
-@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
- OPTIONS=""
- while true
-@@ -35,4 +34,4 @@ fi
- # Doing an initial 'save' helps keep fonts from being flushed between pages.
- # We have to include the options twice because -I only takes effect if it
- # appears before other options.
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" $OPTIONS -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -sDEVICE=pswrite "-sOutputFile=$outfile" $OPTIONS -c save pop -f "$1"
-+exec "$gs" $OPTIONS -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -sDEVICE=pswrite "-sOutputFile=$outfile" $OPTIONS -c save pop -f "$1"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/pdfopt.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/pdfopt
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/pdfopt.gs-executable	2008-05-25 03:17:14.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/pdfopt	2009-08-03 17:53:20.604874898 +0100
-@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
- OPTIONS="-dSAFER -dDELAYSAFER"
- while true
-@@ -26,4 +25,4 @@ if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
- 	exit 1
- fi
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -dNODISPLAY $OPTIONS -- pdfopt.ps "$1" "$2"
-+exec "$gs" -q -dNODISPLAY $OPTIONS -- pdfopt.ps "$1" "$2"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/pf2afm.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/pf2afm
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/pf2afm.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/pf2afm	2009-08-03 17:53:20.608874740 +0100
-@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -dNODISPLAY -dSAFER -dDELAYSAFER  -- pf2afm.ps "$@"
-+exec "$gs" -q -dNODISPLAY -dSAFER -dDELAYSAFER  -- pf2afm.ps "$@"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/pfbtopfa.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/pfbtopfa
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/pfbtopfa.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/pfbtopfa	2009-08-03 17:53:20.612874691 +0100
-@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
- if [ $# -eq 2 ] 
- then
-@@ -22,4 +21,4 @@ else
-     exit 1
- fi
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -dNODISPLAY -- pfbtopfa.ps "$1" "$outfile"
-+exec "$gs" -q -dNODISPLAY -- pfbtopfa.ps "$1" "$outfile"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/pphs.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/pphs
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/pphs.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/pphs	2009-08-03 17:53:20.616874647 +0100
-@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -dNODISPLAY -- pphs.ps "$@"
-+exec "$gs" -q -dNODISPLAY -- pphs.ps "$@"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/printafm.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/printafm
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/printafm.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/printafm	2009-08-03 17:53:20.619874766 +0100
-@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -dNODISPLAY -- printafm.ps "$@"
-+exec "$gs" -q -dNODISPLAY -- printafm.ps "$@"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/ps2epsi.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/ps2epsi
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/ps2epsi.gs-executable	2009-04-07 11:20:02.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/ps2epsi	2009-08-03 17:54:48.355750266 +0100
-@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
- # try to create a temporary file securely
- if test -z "$TMPDIR"; then
-@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ else
- 	outfile=$2
- fi
- 
--"$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -dDELAYSAFER -sDEVICE=bbox -sOutputFile=/dev/null "${infile}" 2>${outfile}
-+"$gs" -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -dDELAYSAFER -sDEVICE=bbox -sOutputFile=/dev/null "${infile}" 2>${outfile}
- 
- ls -l "${infile}" |
- awk 'F==1	{
-@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ awk 'F==1	{
- 		}
- 	' F=1 - F=2 "${outfile}" >>"$tmpfile"
- 
--"$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -dDELAYSAFER -r72 -sDEVICE=bit -sOutputFile=/dev/null "$tmpfile" ps2epsi.ps "$tmpfile" <"${infile}" 1>&2
-+"$gs" -q -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -dDELAYSAFER -r72 -sDEVICE=bit -sOutputFile=/dev/null "$tmpfile" ps2epsi.ps "$tmpfile" <"${infile}" 1>&2
- rm -f "$tmpfile"
- rm -rf "$tmpdir"
- 
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/ps2pdfwr.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/ps2pdfwr
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/ps2pdfwr.gs-executable	2009-01-10 22:11:18.000000000 +0000
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/ps2pdfwr	2009-08-03 17:53:20.626874926 +0100
-@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
- OPTIONS="-dSAFER"
- while true
-@@ -42,4 +41,4 @@ fi
- 
- # We have to include the options twice because -I only takes effect if it
- # appears before other options.
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" $OPTIONS -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sstdout=%stderr "-sOutputFile=$outfile" $OPTIONS -c .setpdfwrite -f "$infile"
-+exec "$gs" $OPTIONS -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sstdout=%stderr "-sOutputFile=$outfile" $OPTIONS -c .setpdfwrite -f "$infile"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/ps2ps.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/ps2ps
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/ps2ps.gs-executable	2009-01-10 22:11:18.000000000 +0000
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/ps2ps	2009-08-03 17:53:20.630875037 +0100
-@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
- OPTIONS="-dSAFER"
- while true
-@@ -27,4 +26,4 @@ if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
- 	exit 1
- fi
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -sDEVICE=pswrite -sstdout=%stderr "-sOutputFile=$2" -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH $OPTIONS "$1"
-+exec "$gs" -q -sDEVICE=pswrite -sstdout=%stderr "-sOutputFile=$2" -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH $OPTIONS "$1"
-diff -up ghostscript-8.70/lib/wftopfa.gs-executable ghostscript-8.70/lib/wftopfa
---- ghostscript-8.70/lib/wftopfa.gs-executable	2007-07-05 20:04:29.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-8.70/lib/wftopfa	2009-08-03 17:53:20.633874780 +0100
-@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
- GS_EXECUTABLE=gs
- gs="`dirname $0`/$GS_EXECUTABLE"
- if test ! -x "$gs"; then
--	gs="$GS_EXECUTABLE"
-+	gs="$gs"
- fi
--GS_EXECUTABLE="$gs"
- 
--exec "$GS_EXECUTABLE" -q -dNODISPLAY -- wftopfa.ps "$@"
-+exec "$gs" -q -dNODISPLAY -- wftopfa.ps "$@"
diff --git a/ghostscript.spec b/ghostscript.spec
index 996ca3a..c48b18a 100644
--- a/ghostscript.spec
+++ b/ghostscript.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Summary: A PostScript interpreter and renderer.
 Name: ghostscript
 Version: %{gs_ver}
 
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 
 # Included CMap data is Redistributable, no modification permitted,
 # see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/487510
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ Patch5: ghostscript-runlibfileifexists.patch
 Patch6: ghostscript-system-jasper.patch
 Patch7: ghostscript-pksmraw.patch
 Patch8: ghostscript-jbig2dec-nullderef.patch
-Patch9: ghostscript-gs-executable.patch
 Patch10: ghostscript-CVE-2009-4270.patch
 Patch11: ghostscript-vsnprintf.patch
 Patch12: ghostscript-cups-filters.patch
@@ -133,9 +132,6 @@ rm -rf libpng zlib jpeg jasper
 # Applied patch to fix NULL dereference in JBIG2 decoder (bug #501710).
 %patch8 -p1 -b .jbig2dec-nullderef
 
-# Fix scripts so they don't get broken on install (bug #502550).
-%patch9 -p1 -b .gs-executable
-
 # Fix debugging output from gdevcups (bug #540760).
 %patch10 -p1 -b .CVE-2009-4270
 
@@ -361,6 +357,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/libgs.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 25 2010 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 8.71-9
+- Removed redundant gs-executable patch (bug #502550).
+
 * Thu Aug  5 2010 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 8.71-8
 - Avoid another NULL pointer dereference in jbig2 code (bug #621569).