diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 23568ac..1839ae0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ libxcb-1.3.tar.bz2
 libxcb-1.4.tar.bz2
 libxcb-1.5.tar.bz2
 libxcb-1.7.tar.bz2
+/libxcb-1.8.tar.bz2
diff --git a/libxcb.spec b/libxcb.spec
index 482910b..12e75bc 100644
--- a/libxcb.spec
+++ b/libxcb.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           libxcb
-Version:        1.7
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        1.8
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A C binding to the X11 protocol
 
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 # we don't need the library because glibc has working pthreads, but we need
 # the pkgconfig file so libs that link against libxcb know this...
 Source1:	pthread-stubs.pc.in
-Patch0:		libxcb-1.7-xts-fixes.patch
-
 
 BuildRequires:  autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ The %{name}-doc package contains documentation for the %{name} library.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q 
-%patch0 -p1 -b .xts
 
 %build
 sed -i 's/pthread-stubs //' configure.ac
@@ -112,6 +109,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/doc/%{name}-%{version}
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 11 2012 Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com> 1.8-1
+- libxcb 1.8
+
 * Thu Jun 23 2011 Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com> 1.7-3
 - libxcb-1.7-xts-fixes.patch: Backport some XTS5 fixes from git.
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index dda4b50..6f98d39 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-925699df361b99491165ebc12068056b  libxcb-1.7.tar.bz2
+eba59a8887ba6dbaa4cf337766f8d19d  libxcb-1.8.tar.bz2