diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed6ffba..c973c13 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 /libatomic_ops-7.4.4.tar.gz
 /libatomic_ops-7.4.6.tar.gz
 /libatomic_ops-7.6.2.tar.gz
+/libatomic_ops-7.6.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/libatomic_ops.spec b/libatomic_ops.spec
index 03e0b67..3842cca 100644
--- a/libatomic_ops.spec
+++ b/libatomic_ops.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name:    libatomic_ops
 Summary: Atomic memory update operations
-Version: 7.6.2
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 7.6.4
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 # libatomic_ops MIT, libatomic_ops_gpl GPLv2
 License: GPLv2 and MIT
@@ -12,13 +12,11 @@ Source0: https://github.com/ivmai/libatomic_ops/releases/download/v%{version}/li
 Source1: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
 
 ## upstream patches
-# 7.4 branch
-
-# master branch
 
 ## upstreamable patches
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1096574
-Patch500: gc_ppc64le_force_AO_load.patch
+# try to get away without using this (tests seem to pass now without it) -- rex
+#Patch500: gc_ppc64le_force_AO_load.patch
 
 # re-autofoo for patch2 (and others)
 BuildRequires: automake libtool
@@ -46,13 +44,14 @@ Files for developing with %{name} and linking statically.
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
 
-# refresh stuff here to be rid of rpath
-autoreconf -fi
-
 install -m644 -p %{SOURCE1} ./COPYING
 
 
 %build
+# refresh stuff here to be rid of rpath
+autoreconf -fi
+
+
 %configure \
   --enable-shared \
   --disable-silent-rules
@@ -101,6 +100,11 @@ make check %{?arch_ignore}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 27 2018 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 7.6.4-1
+- 7.6.4 (#1560992)
+- omit non-upstream ppc64le patch (for now)
+- move autoreconf to %%build
+
 * Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 7.6.2-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2d8f723..16247f3 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libatomic_ops-7.6.2.tar.gz) = 9149c9328ec22ab80469892b40c135f20b6cf6edff63b8de6f16ab0b209f40d1420ad012a40c80009dfb4cdc826feb72fa826d6abf61211516aabcf463c17fe4
+SHA512 (libatomic_ops-7.6.4.tar.gz) = 2e6ef0bfd4b77e9260383feb2865c96388fb1ebed9d37605eeb83ac87e3b6a565495d588808129ac7b3ee5f6a58a37440da7784b680cc6590842b09c2625983b