diff --git a/0001-xsettings-Go-back-to-loading-gtk-modules-from-lib-gn.patch b/0001-xsettings-Go-back-to-loading-gtk-modules-from-lib-gn.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3422dc7..0000000
--- a/0001-xsettings-Go-back-to-loading-gtk-modules-from-lib-gn.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-From 49ca22626e0553b3a521e1601bc84c5429a438cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com>
-Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:15:58 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] xsettings: Go back to loading gtk modules from
- lib/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0
-
-This is where other projects install the gtk modules desktop files.
-
-There is little point in rebuilding all of the other projects every time
-gnome-settings-daemon version changes, so just leave the directory name
-hardcoded to what it was during GNOME 3.x.
-
-Also, while at this, print out the configured gtk modules directory from
-meson to make it clear where it is.
----
- meson.build                   | 4 ++++
- plugins/xsettings/meson.build | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index 24bb9a95..c8ab875e 100644
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ gsd_schemadir = join_paths(gsd_datadir, 'glib-2.0', 'schemas')
- 
- gsd_xdg_autostart = join_paths(gsd_sysconfdir, 'xdg', 'autostart')
- 
-+gsd_3_0_api_name = '@0@-@1@'.format(meson.project_name(), '3.0')
-+gsd_gtk_modules_directory = join_paths(gsd_libdir, gsd_3_0_api_name, 'gtk-modules')
-+
- gsd_buildtype = get_option('buildtype')
- 
- host_is_darwin = host_machine.system().contains('darwin')
-@@ -262,6 +265,7 @@ output += '        libexecdir:               ' + gsd_libexecdir + '\n'
- output += '        bindir:                   ' + gsd_bindir + '\n'
- output += '        sysconfdir:               ' + gsd_sysconfdir + '\n'
- output += '        datadir:                  ' + gsd_datadir + '\n\n'
-+output += '        gtk modules dir:          ' + gsd_gtk_modules_directory + '\n\n'
- output += '        source code location:     ' + meson.source_root() + '\n'
- output += '        compiler:                 ' + cc.get_id() + '\n'
- output += '        cflags:                   ' + ' '.join(compiler_flags) + '\n\n'
-diff --git a/plugins/xsettings/meson.build b/plugins/xsettings/meson.build
-index b4a2b39f..9adb102c 100644
---- a/plugins/xsettings/meson.build
-+++ b/plugins/xsettings/meson.build
-@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ deps = plugins_deps + [
-   dependency('fontconfig')
- ]
- 
--cflags += ['-DGTK_MODULES_DIRECTORY="@0@"'.format(join_paths(gsd_pkglibdir, 'gtk-modules'))]
-+cflags += ['-DGTK_MODULES_DIRECTORY="@0@"'.format(gsd_gtk_modules_directory)]
- 
- executable(
-   'gsd-' + plugin_name,
--- 
-2.29.2
-
diff --git a/0002-meson.build-Don-t-add-.0-to-libgsd-path.patch b/0002-meson.build-Don-t-add-.0-to-libgsd-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1909012..0000000
--- a/0002-meson.build-Don-t-add-.0-to-libgsd-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From 6a3335a16ef50fe132c46b3a1077fb8b4db62968 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com>
-Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:22:10 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] meson.build: Don't add '.0' to libgsd path
-
-'.0' was a leftover from constructing gnome-settings-daemon-3.0
-directory and doesn't serve any purpose any more.
----
- meson.build | 4 +---
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index c8ab875e..8cab6f2a 100644
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ gsd_version = meson.project_version()
- version_array = gsd_version.split('.')
- gsd_major_version = version_array[0].to_int()
- 
--gsd_api_version_minor = 0
--gsd_api_version = '@0@.@1@'.format(gsd_major_version, gsd_api_version_minor)
--gsd_api_name = '@0@-@1@'.format(meson.project_name(), gsd_api_version)
-+gsd_api_name = '@0@-@1@'.format(meson.project_name(), gsd_major_version)
- 
- glib_min_version = '2.56'
- 
--- 
-2.29.2
-
diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon.spec b/gnome-settings-daemon.spec
index b1ddd83..476d4a8 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon.spec
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon.spec
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:           gnome-settings-daemon
-Version:        40~beta
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        40~rc
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        The daemon sharing settings from GNOME to GTK+/KDE applications
 
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ URL:            https://download.gnome.org/sources/%{name}
 Source0:        https://download.gnome.org/sources/%{name}/40/%{name}-%{tarball_version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power.gschema.override
 
-Patch0:         0001-xsettings-Go-back-to-loading-gtk-modules-from-lib-gn.patch
-Patch1:         0002-meson.build-Don-t-add-.0-to-libgsd-path.patch
-
 BuildRequires:  meson >= 0.44.0
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  cups-devel
@@ -195,6 +192,9 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/gnome-settings-daemon.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 15 2021 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 40~rc-1
+- Update to 40.rc
+
 * Mon Feb 15 2021 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 40~beta-2
 - Fix loading gtk modules
 - Update versioned dependencies
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0fe90f0..4f629c2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-settings-daemon-40.beta.tar.xz) = f3f88d65e1ec1b848c4691ec146b84c2e4d8c2b85e447b745694e48b5bc5e0ca57d1c22f114f51712a58d6d2aa35951f1f4a16d641eb992c1fce517e7df3972f
+SHA512 (gnome-settings-daemon-40.rc.tar.xz) = 0fa31fe1372a3e2c680ff7958351a9cd17e0172e812dccb3119e4a7cc8e58ff6ab9e808b64bc0fe7d1f41045bf765b3eb34a08c4f117424bf7631a03bcda6885