diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index c251266..1220f29 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-icu4c-3_8-src.tgz
+icu4c-3_8_1-src.tgz
diff --git a/icu-3.4-multiarchdevel.patch b/icu-3.4-multiarchdevel.patch
index a7839aa..53bf99e 100644
--- a/icu-3.4-multiarchdevel.patch
+++ b/icu-3.4-multiarchdevel.patch
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@
 +Libs: @LDFLAGS@ ${ICULIBS} @LIBS@
 --- icu/source/Makefile.in.orig	2006-05-02 12:10:31.000000000 +0100
 +++ icu/source/Makefile.in	2006-05-02 15:18:15.000000000 +0100
-@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@
- 	@$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
+@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@
  	$(INSTALL_DATA) @platform_make_fragment@ $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/config/@platform_make_fragment_name@
  	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/mkinstalldirs
+ 	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(top_srcdir)/install-sh $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/install-sh
 +	@$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig
 +	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(top_srcdir)/config/icu.pc $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig/icu.pc
  	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(top_srcdir)/../license.html $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/license.html
diff --git a/icu.icu6084.zwnj.notdef.patch b/icu.icu6084.zwnj.notdef.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0df2fa5..0000000
--- a/icu.icu6084.zwnj.notdef.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- icu.orig/source/layout/OpenTypeLayoutEngine.cpp	2007-12-11 11:18:20.000000000 +0000
-+++ icu/source/layout/OpenTypeLayoutEngine.cpp	2007-12-11 11:19:22.000000000 +0000
-@@ -338,7 +338,9 @@
-     for (le_int32 g = 0; g < glyphCount; g += 1) {
-         LEGlyphID glyph = glyphStorage[g];
- 
--        if (glyph == zwnj) {
-+        if (!glyph) {
-+            continue;
-+        } else if (glyph == zwnj) {
-             glyphStorage[g] = LE_SET_GLYPH(glyph, 0xFFFF);
-         } else if (glyph == nbsp) {
-             glyphStorage[g] = LE_SET_GLYPH(glyph, 0x0003);
diff --git a/icu.spec b/icu.spec
index d01176d..489d0f4 100644
--- a/icu.spec
+++ b/icu.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Name:      icu
-Version:   3.8
-Release:   6%{?dist}
+Version:   3.8.1
+Release:   1%{?dist}
 Summary:   International Components for Unicode
 Group:     Development/Tools
 License:   MIT
 URL:       http://www.icu-project.org/
-Source0:   http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/3.8/icu4c-3_8-src.tgz
+Source0:   http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/3.8.1/icu4c-3_8_1-src.tgz
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: doxygen, autoconf
 
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Patch8:  icu.icu5506.multiplevowels.patch
 Patch9:  icu.icuXXXX.malayalam.bysyllable.patch
 Patch10: icu.icu6008.arm.padding.patch
 Patch11: icu.icu5498.openoffice.org.patch
-Patch12: icu.icu6084.zwnj.notdef.patch
 
 %description
 Tools and utilities for developing with icu.
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ Group:   Documentation
 %patch9  -p1 -b .icuXXXX.malayalam.bysyllable.patch
 %patch10 -p1 -b .icu6008.arm.padding.patch
 %patch11 -p1 -b .icu5498.openoffice.org.patch
-%patch12 -p1 -b .icu6084.zwnj.notdef.patch
 
 %build
 cd source
@@ -137,6 +135,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/icu.pc
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/%{version}
+%{_datadir}/%{name}/%{version}/install-sh
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/%{version}/mkinstalldirs
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/%{version}/config
 %doc %{_datadir}/%{name}/%{version}/license.html
@@ -146,6 +145,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc source/__docs/%{name}/html/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 11 2008 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 3.8.1-1
+- latest version
+- drop fixed icu.icu6084.zwnj.notdef.patch
+
 * Thu Dec 13 2007 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 3.8-6
 - Resolves: rhbz#423211 experimental hack for 0d15+0d4d+0d30
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b47e5bc..5e8153d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-67cc2650fbcae4c8e3ba5ce4dda4b072  icu4c-3_8-src.tgz
+a827dbc9d909febd4ec39b90386868ba  icu4c-3_8_1-src.tgz