diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 43383de..33b6900 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 /gst-plugins-ugly-free-1.16.0.tar.xz
 /gst-plugins-ugly-free-1.16.1.tar.xz
 /gst-plugins-ugly-free-1.16.2.tar.xz
+/gst-plugins-ugly-free-1.17.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/gst-p-ugly-cleanup.sh b/gst-p-ugly-cleanup.sh
index 6fc69cf..2e1a149 100755
--- a/gst-p-ugly-cleanup.sh
+++ b/gst-p-ugly-cleanup.sh
@@ -72,16 +72,6 @@ for subdir in gst ext; do
 			echo "**** Removing $MODULE ****"
 			echo "Removing directory $dir"
 			rm -r $dir || error "Cannot remove $dir"
-			if grep -q "AG_GST_CHECK_PLUGIN($MODULE)" configure.ac ; then
-				echo "Removing element check for $MODULE"
-				grep -v "AG_GST_CHECK_PLUGIN($MODULE)" configure.ac > configure.ac.new && mv configure.ac.new configure.ac
-			fi
-			echo "Removing Makefile generation for $MODULE"
-			grep -v "$dir/Makefile" configure.ac > configure.ac.new && mv configure.ac.new configure.ac
-			echo "Removing documentation for $MODULE"
-			if grep -q "$MODULE" docs/plugins/Makefile.am ; then
-				grep -v $dir docs/plugins/Makefile.am > docs/plugins/Makefile.am.new && mv docs/plugins/Makefile.am.new docs/plugins/Makefile.am
-			fi
 			echo
 		elif test $subdir = ext  || test $subdir = sys; then
 			# Ignore library or system non-blacklisted plugins
@@ -93,12 +83,6 @@ for subdir in gst ext; do
 	done
 done
 
-echo "Fixing up AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR"
-sed -e '/AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR/s/asfdemux/xingmux/g' configure.ac > configure.ac.new && mv configure.ac.new configure.ac
-
-echo "Fixing up docs/plugins/Makefile.am"
-sed -e ':a;N;$!ba;s| *\\\n\n|\n\n|g' docs/plugins/Makefile.am > docs/plugins/Makefile.am.new && mv docs/plugins/Makefile.am.new docs/plugins/Makefile.am
-
 echo
 
 if test "x$unknown" != "x"; then
@@ -107,8 +91,6 @@ if test "x$unknown" != "x"; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-autoreconf
-
 popd > /dev/null
 
 tar cJf $NEW_SOURCE $DIRECTORY
diff --git a/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free.spec b/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free.spec
index 5280df0..a76e808 100644
--- a/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free.spec
+++ b/gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free.spec
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #global shortcommit %(c=%{gitcommit}; echo ${c:0:5})
 
 Name:           gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free
-Version:        1.16.2
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        1.17.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        GStreamer streaming media framework "ugly" plugins
 
 License:        LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ URL:            http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
 Source0:        gst-plugins-ugly-free-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        gst-p-ugly-cleanup.sh
 
+BuildRequires:	meson >= 0.48.0
+BuildRequires:	gcc
+
 BuildRequires:  gstreamer1-devel >= %{version}
 BuildRequires:  gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel >= %{version}
 
 BuildRequires:  check
 BuildRequires:  gettext-devel
-BuildRequires:  gtk-doc
 BuildRequires:  automake autoconf libtool
 
 BuildRequires:  liba52-devel
@@ -65,16 +67,18 @@ is not fully compatible with LGPL.
 
 %build
 # libsidplay was removed as obsolete, not forbidden
-%configure --disable-silent-rules --disable-fatal-warnings \
-    --with-package-name="Fedora GStreamer-plugins-ugly package" \
-    --with-package-origin="http://download.fedoraproject.org" \
-    --enable-debug --disable-static --enable-gtk-doc --enable-experimental \
-    --disable-amrnb --disable-amrwb --disable-sidplay --disable-x264
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+%meson \
+    -D package-name="Fedora GStreamer-plugins-ugly package" \
+    -D package-origin="http://download.fedoraproject.org" \
+    -D doc=disabled \
+    -D amrnb=disabled -D amrwbdec=disabled -D sidplay=disabled \
+    -D x264=disabled -D asfdemux=disabled -D dvdlpcmdec=disabled \
+    -D dvdsub=disabled -D realmedia=disabled
 
+%meson_build
 
 %install
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%meson_install
 
 # Register as an AppStream component to be visible in the software center
 #
@@ -140,11 +144,15 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 %{_libdir}/gstreamer-%{majorminor}/libgstdvdread.so
 %{_libdir}/gstreamer-%{majorminor}/libgstmpeg2dec.so
 
+%if 0
 %files devel
 %doc %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-ugly-plugins-%{majorminor}
-
+%endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 22 2020 Wim Taymans <wtaymans@redhat.com> - 1.17.1-1
+- Update to 1.17.1
+
 * Mon Mar 30 2020 Adrian Reber <adrian@lisas.de> - 1.16.2-3
 - Rebuilt for new libcdio (2.1.0)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2c47eba..a73c90e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gst-plugins-ugly-free-1.16.2.tar.xz) = 3c639d4e3e36e1c195a0a1df8a052be8721517b617963e6089dd512fa1c11f6c5548c5fb4c484f4826d54e7b8588c3cd71eb52dcd60145d8ce5966d6920837f0
+SHA512 (gst-plugins-ugly-free-1.17.1.tar.xz) = 0e55be436ec709730b4a987f38a7161946c5dab4f163793ad2ca0957ff4930f7fab353dee8f26fb41fd87bee4379e0fa1d86bd15c1e6c8a77a52a8fe288c39e4