diff --git a/gtk-doc.spec b/gtk-doc.spec
index 5dc24cb..78b474c 100644
--- a/gtk-doc.spec
+++ b/gtk-doc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: API documentation generation tool for GTK+ and GNOME
 Name: gtk-doc
-Version: 1.9
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Version: 1.8
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+ and GFDL+
 Group: Development/Tools
 Source: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gtk-doc/1.8/gtk-doc-%{version}.tar.bz2 
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ BuildRequires: jade
 BuildRequires: libxslt 
 BuildRequires: docbook-style-xsl
 BuildRequires: scrollkeeper
-BuildRequires: automake
-BuildRequires: autoconf
-BuildRequires: libtool
 
 Requires(post): scrollkeeper
 Requires(postun): scrollkeeper
@@ -34,9 +31,6 @@ Requires: sgml-common
 Source1: filter-requires-gtk-doc.sh
 %define __perl_requires %{SOURCE1}
 
-# revert a broken upstream change
-Patch0: dochelpdir.patch
-
 %description
 gtk-doc is a tool for generating API reference documentation.
 It is used for generating the documentation for GTK+, GLib
@@ -45,14 +39,11 @@ and GNOME.
 %prep
 
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1 -R -b .dochelpdir
 
 # Move this doc file to avoid name collisions
 mv doc/README doc/README.docs
 
 %build
-aclocal
-automake 
 %configure --enable-public-id --disable-scrollkeeper
 make
 
@@ -87,9 +78,6 @@ scrollkeeper-update -q
 %{_datadir}/omf/gtk-doc/
 
 %changelog
-* Mon Oct 15 2007 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 1.9-1
-- Update to 1.9
-
 * Tue Aug  7 2007 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 1.8-3
 - Update the license field
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4cf5ab4..23600f3 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-bcd002f381385812737a05538eb8b21e  gtk-doc-1.9.tar.bz2
+e61595df21431db28c83fe4c7d4a4fa8  gtk-doc-1.8.tar.bz2