diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5affb83..e4770a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-/libinput-1.5.901.tar.xz
-/libinput-1.5.902.tar.xz
-/libinput-1.6.0.tar.xz
+/libinput-1.6.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/0001-Revert-touchpad-reduce-the-initial-timeout-for-tappi.patch b/0001-Revert-touchpad-reduce-the-initial-timeout-for-tappi.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a15c0c..0000000
--- a/0001-Revert-touchpad-reduce-the-initial-timeout-for-tappi.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-From 06190393dd5991149a117d4630c95e23d390865e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
-Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 15:01:15 +1000
-Subject: [PATCH libinput] Revert "touchpad: reduce the initial timeout for
- tapping after touch"
-
-This reverts commit d0ba1e2b383acaac8a31a1ded7d3039bcd161db3.
----
- src/evdev-mt-touchpad-tap.c | 10 +---------
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/evdev-mt-touchpad-tap.c b/src/evdev-mt-touchpad-tap.c
-index ffd9d0b..03d4c70 100644
---- a/src/evdev-mt-touchpad-tap.c
-+++ b/src/evdev-mt-touchpad-tap.c
-@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
- 
- #include "evdev-mt-touchpad.h"
- 
--#define DEFAULT_TAP_INITIAL_TIMEOUT_PERIOD ms2us(100)
- #define DEFAULT_TAP_TIMEOUT_PERIOD ms2us(180)
- #define DEFAULT_DRAG_TIMEOUT_PERIOD ms2us(300)
- #define DEFAULT_TAP_MOVE_THRESHOLD TP_MM_TO_DPI_NORMALIZED(1.3)
-@@ -128,13 +127,6 @@ tp_tap_notify(struct tp_dispatch *tp,
- }
- 
- static void
--tp_tap_set_initial_timer(struct tp_dispatch *tp, uint64_t time)
--{
--	libinput_timer_set(&tp->tap.timer,
--			   time + DEFAULT_TAP_INITIAL_TIMEOUT_PERIOD);
--}
--
--static void
- tp_tap_set_timer(struct tp_dispatch *tp, uint64_t time)
- {
- 	libinput_timer_set(&tp->tap.timer, time + DEFAULT_TAP_TIMEOUT_PERIOD);
-@@ -163,7 +155,7 @@ tp_tap_idle_handle_event(struct tp_dispatch *tp,
- 	case TAP_EVENT_TOUCH:
- 		tp->tap.state = TAP_STATE_TOUCH;
- 		tp->tap.first_press_time = time;
--		tp_tap_set_initial_timer(tp, time);
-+		tp_tap_set_timer(tp, time);
- 		break;
- 	case TAP_EVENT_RELEASE:
- 		break;
--- 
-2.9.3
-
diff --git a/libinput.spec b/libinput.spec
index e268ee9..fd7b45d 100644
--- a/libinput.spec
+++ b/libinput.spec
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 %global gitversion 58abea394
 
 Name:           libinput
-Version:        1.6.0
-Release:        2%{?gitdate:.%{gitdate}git%{gitversion}}%{?dist}
+Version:        1.6.1
+Release:        1%{?gitdate:.%{gitdate}git%{gitversion}}%{?dist}
 Summary:        Input device library
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ Source2:        commitid
 Source0:        http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libinput/libinput-%{version}.tar.xz
 %endif
 
-Patch01:        0001-Revert-touchpad-reduce-the-initial-timeout-for-tappi.patch
-
 BuildRequires:  git
 BuildRequires:  autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  libevdev-devel
@@ -96,6 +94,9 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -delete
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 02 2017 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com> 1.6.1-1
+- libinput 1.6.1
+
 * Wed Feb 01 2017 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com> 1.6.0-2
 - revert the tap timeout reduction (#1414935)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4f5db74..fd46d77 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libinput-1.6.0.tar.xz) = 0e52f70fc5b1aa1e9c0621770ba2530f1652611aff1a557ac8083559e22293942d7c468f9bafe9e97e4f71e71df6f3828f9949d8897bea26982045340e3edc92
+SHA512 (libinput-1.6.1.tar.xz) = b18fdbfa58c14d6a5d183da3c1097d31f7dd9cce41ea69ddfa0bbd1bf8572aaa8e1ecaacdc30e3cc5e21cd320ea106ec86800a24e8f571bce61a02ddc7d43511