diff --git a/httpd-2.4.33-export.patch b/httpd-2.4.33-export.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9adf398..0000000
--- a/httpd-2.4.33-export.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-
-There is no need to "suck in" the apr/apr-util symbols when using
-a shared libapr{,util}, it just bloats the symbol table; so don't.
-
-Upstream-HEAD: needed
-Upstream-2.0: omit
-Upstream-Status: EXPORT_DIRS change is conditional on using shared apr
-
---- httpd-2.4.33/server/Makefile.in.export
-+++ httpd-2.4.33/server/Makefile.in
-@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@
- 	      ls $$dir/*.h ; \
- 	  done; \
- 	  echo "$(top_srcdir)/server/mpm_fdqueue.h"; \
--	  for dir in $(EXPORT_DIRS_APR); do \
--	      ls $$dir/ap[ru].h $$dir/ap[ru]_*.h 2>/dev/null; \
--	  done; \
- 	) | sed -e s,//,/,g | sort -u > $@
- 
- exports.c: export_files
diff --git a/httpd-2.4.39-export.patch b/httpd-2.4.39-export.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e343b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/httpd-2.4.39-export.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+
+Reduce size of httpd binary by telling linker to export all symbols
+from libmain.a, rather than bloating the symbol table with ap_hack_*
+to do so indirectly.
+
+Upstream-HEAD: needed
+Upstream-2.0: omit
+
+--- httpd-2.4.39/Makefile.in.export
++++ httpd-2.4.39/Makefile.in
+@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@
+ 
+ PROGRAM_NAME         = $(progname)
+ PROGRAM_SOURCES      = modules.c
+-PROGRAM_LDADD        = buildmark.o $(HTTPD_LDFLAGS) $(PROGRAM_DEPENDENCIES) $(HTTPD_LIBS) $(EXTRA_LIBS) $(AP_LIBS) $(LIBS)
++PROGRAM_LDADD        = buildmark.o $(HTTPD_LDFLAGS) \
++	$(PROGRAM_LDDEPS)  \
++	$(HTTPD_LIBS) $(EXTRA_LIBS) $(AP_LIBS) $(LIBS)
+ PROGRAM_PRELINK      = $(COMPILE) -c $(top_srcdir)/server/buildmark.c
++PROGRAM_LDDEPS = \
++  $(BUILTIN_LIBS) \
++  $(MPM_LIB) \
++  -Wl,--whole-archive,server/.libs/libmain.a,--no-whole-archive \
++  os/$(OS_DIR)/libos.la
+ PROGRAM_DEPENDENCIES = \
+   server/libmain.la \
+   $(BUILTIN_LIBS) \
+--- httpd-2.4.39/server/main.c.export
++++ httpd-2.4.39/server/main.c
+@@ -835,17 +835,3 @@
+     return !OK;
+ }
+ 
+-#ifdef AP_USING_AUTOCONF
+-/* This ugly little hack pulls any function referenced in exports.c into
+- * the web server.  exports.c is generated during the build, and it
+- * has all of the APR functions specified by the apr/apr.exports and
+- * apr-util/aprutil.exports files.
+- */
+-const void *ap_suck_in_APR(void);
+-const void *ap_suck_in_APR(void)
+-{
+-    extern const void *ap_ugly_hack;
+-
+-    return ap_ugly_hack;
+-}
+-#endif
+--- httpd-2.4.39/server/Makefile.in.export
++++ httpd-2.4.39/server/Makefile.in
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
+ 	connection.c listen.c util_mutex.c \
+ 	mpm_common.c mpm_unix.c mpm_fdqueue.c \
+ 	util_charset.c util_cookies.c util_debug.c util_xml.c \
+-	util_filter.c util_pcre.c util_regex.c exports.c \
++	util_filter.c util_pcre.c util_regex.c \
+ 	scoreboard.c error_bucket.c protocol.c core.c request.c provider.c \
+ 	eoc_bucket.c eor_bucket.c core_filters.c \
+ 	util_expr_parse.c util_expr_scan.c util_expr_eval.c
diff --git a/httpd.spec b/httpd.spec
index 40af3b5..860f8af 100644
--- a/httpd.spec
+++ b/httpd.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 Summary: Apache HTTP Server
 Name: httpd
 Version: 2.4.39
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 URL: https://httpd.apache.org/
 Source0: https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: index.html
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Patch3: httpd-2.4.1-deplibs.patch
 Patch19: httpd-2.4.25-detect-systemd.patch
 # Features/functional changes
 Patch21: httpd-2.4.39-r1842929+.patch
-Patch23: httpd-2.4.33-export.patch
+Patch23: httpd-2.4.39-export.patch
 Patch24: httpd-2.4.1-corelimit.patch
 Patch25: httpd-2.4.25-selinux.patch
 Patch26: httpd-2.4.4-r1337344+.patch
@@ -556,19 +556,36 @@ test -f /etc/sysconfig/httpd-disable-posttrans || \
   /bin/systemctl try-restart --no-block httpd.service htcacheclean.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 
 %check
-# Check the built modules are all PIC
-if readelf -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/*.so | grep TEXTREL; then
-   : modules contain non-relocatable code
-   exit 1
-fi
+make -C server exports.o
+nm --defined httpd > exports-actual.list
 set +x
 rv=0
+nm --defined-only server/exports.o | \
+  sed -n '/ap_hack_/{s/.* ap_hack_//;/^ap[ru]/d;p;}' | \
+  while read sym; do
+    if ! grep -q " "$sym\$ exports-actual.list; then
+     echo ERROR: Symbol $sym missing in httpd exports
+     rv=1
+    fi
+  done
+if [ $rv -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo PASS: Symbol export list verified.
+fi
+# Check the built modules are all PIC
+if readelf -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/*.so | grep TEXTREL; then
+   echo FAIL: Modules contain non-relocatable code
+   rv=1
+else
+   echo PASS: No non-relocatable code in module builds
+fi
 # Ensure every mod_* that's built is loaded.
 for f in $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/*.so; do
   m=${f##*/}
   if ! grep -q $m $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/httpd/conf.modules.d/*.conf; then
-    echo ERROR: Module $m not configured.  Disable it, or load it.
+    echo FAIL: Module $m not configured.  Disable it, or load it.
     rv=1
+   else
+    echo PASS: Module $m is configured and loaded.
   fi
 done
 # Ensure every loaded mod_* is actually built
@@ -576,8 +593,10 @@ mods=`grep -h ^LoadModule $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/httpd/conf.modules.d/*.c
 for m in $mods; do
   f=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/httpd/modules/${m}
   if ! test -x $f; then
-    echo ERROR: Module $m is configured but not built.
+    echo FAIL: Module $m is configured but not built.
     rv=1
+  else
+    echo PASS: Loaded module $m is installed.
   fi
 done
 set -x
@@ -720,6 +739,10 @@ exit $rv
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/macros.httpd
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 20 2019 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 2.4.39-8
+- remove superfluous ap_hack_ symbols from httpd binary
+- more verbose %%check section
+
 * Thu Jun 13 2019 Lubos Uhliarik <luhliari@redhat.com> - 2.4.39-7
 - remove bundled mod_md module