diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da73a83..2d63a76 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ lcms2-2.0a.tar.gz
 /lcms2-2.7rc3.tar.gz
 /lcms2-2.7.tar.gz
 /lcms2-2.8.tar.gz
+/lcms2-2.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/0001-Added-an-extra-check-to-MLU-bounds.patch b/0001-Added-an-extra-check-to-MLU-bounds.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 913f828..0000000
--- a/0001-Added-an-extra-check-to-MLU-bounds.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 5ca71a7bc18b6897ab21d815d15e218e204581e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Marti <marti.maria@tktbrainpower.com>
-Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:31:39 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Added an extra check to MLU bounds
-
-Thanks to Ibrahim el-sayed for spotting the bug
----
- src/cmstypes.c | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/cmstypes.c b/src/cmstypes.c
-index cb61860..c7328b9 100644
---- a/src/cmstypes.c
-+++ b/src/cmstypes.c
-@@ -1460,6 +1460,7 @@ void *Type_MLU_Read(struct _cms_typehandler_struct* self, cmsIOHANDLER* io, cmsU
- 
-         // Check for overflow
-         if (Offset < (SizeOfHeader + 8)) goto Error;
-+        if ((Offset + Len) > SizeOfTag + 8) goto Error;
- 
-         // True begin of the string
-         BeginOfThisString = Offset - SizeOfHeader - 8;
--- 
-2.7.4
-
diff --git a/lcms2.spec b/lcms2.spec
index e7ef221..e5ba396 100644
--- a/lcms2.spec
+++ b/lcms2.spec
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 Name:           lcms2
-Version:        2.8
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Version:        2.9
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Color Management Engine
-Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 License:        MIT
 URL:            http://www.littlecms.com/
 Source0:        http://www.littlecms.com/lcms2-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 
 ## upstream patches
-Patch1: 0001-Added-an-extra-check-to-MLU-bounds.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  libjpeg-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtiff-devel
@@ -22,7 +19,6 @@ parallel installed with the original (deprecated) lcms.
 
 %package        utils
 Summary:        Utility applications for %{name}
-Group:          Applications/Productivity
 Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description    utils
@@ -30,7 +26,6 @@ The %{name}-utils package contains utility applications for %{name}.
 
 %package        devel
 Summary:        Development files for LittleCMS
-Group:          Development/Libraries
 Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides:       littlecms-devel = %{version}-%{release}
 
@@ -40,7 +35,6 @@ Development files for LittleCMS.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
-%patch1 -p1 -b .0001
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-static --program-suffix=2
@@ -52,7 +46,6 @@ sed -i.rpath 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' libtool
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 make install DESTDIR=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} INSTALL="install -p"
 
 rm -fv ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/lib*.la
@@ -66,33 +59,30 @@ cp -alf doc/LittleCMS2.?\ tutorial.pdf tutorial.pdf
 %check
 make check
 
-%clean
-rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc AUTHORS
-%{!?_licensedir:%global license %%doc}
 %license COPYING
 %{_libdir}/liblcms2.so.2*
 
 %files utils
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc api.pdf plugin-api.pdf tutorial.pdf
 %{_includedir}/lcms2*.h
 %{_libdir}/liblcms2.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/lcms2.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 17 2017 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 2.9-1
+- lcms2-2.9 (#1512518), .spec cosmetics/modernization
+
 * Thu Aug 03 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.8-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Binutils_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 17e54c1..60ff3b5 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a6cd09315c153b55329bbae810b6de5b  lcms2-2.8.tar.gz
+SHA512 (lcms2-2.9.tar.gz) = e30ad5a9a1ab9e7aaace9431434caa19a5ff6143db46644aba971a5ee37a265b26bf738e886d766405a7eb45a9d620d67c7ab3684ace86a107cf5a76642c04a5