diff --git a/linuxdoc-tools-0.9.20-lib64.patch b/linuxdoc-tools-0.9.20-lib64.patch
index 66ff2a3..4e13616 100644
--- a/linuxdoc-tools-0.9.20-lib64.patch
+++ b/linuxdoc-tools-0.9.20-lib64.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- linuxdoc-tools-0.9.60/bin/linuxdoc.in.orig
 +++ linuxdoc-tools-0.9.60/bin/linuxdoc.in
 @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
- $AuxBinDir   = "@auxbindir@";
+ $AuxBinDir          = "@auxbindir@";
  
  use lib "@pkgdatadir@";
 +use lib "@prefix@/lib64/perl5";
diff --git a/linuxdoc-tools-0.9.68-flex.patch b/linuxdoc-tools-0.9.68-flex.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ba3da2e..0000000
--- a/linuxdoc-tools-0.9.68-flex.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
---- linuxdoc-tools-0.9.68/rtf-fix/rtf2rtf.l	2008-05-28 18:16:36.000000000 +0200
-+++ linuxdoc-tools-0.9.68/rtf-fix/rtf2rtf.l-patched	2013-02-19 11:10:25.367016000 +0100
-@@ -72,7 +72,14 @@
- int skipnewline = 0;
- 
- extern char *yytext;
-+
-+#if   YY_FLEX_MAJOR_VERSION > 2 \
-+ ||  (YY_FLEX_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && YY_FLEX_MINOR_VERSION > 5) \
-+ ||  (YY_FLEX_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && YY_FLEX_MINOR_VERSION == 5 && YY_FLEX_SUBMINOR_VERSION > 35)
-+extern yy_size_t yyleng;
-+#else
- extern int yyleng;
-+#endif
- 
- #define CHAPTER 1
- #define SECTION 2
diff --git a/linuxdoc-tools.spec b/linuxdoc-tools.spec
index 52c51f0..9d0737a 100644
--- a/linuxdoc-tools.spec
+++ b/linuxdoc-tools.spec
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@
 
 Summary: A text formatting package based on SGML
 Name: linuxdoc-tools
-Version: 0.9.68
-Release: 11%{?dist}
+Version: 0.9.72
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: Copyright only
 Group: Applications/Publishing
-Source: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linuxdoc-tools/%{name}_%{version}.tar.gz
+Source: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linuxdoc-tools/%{name}_%{version}.orig.tar.gz
 Patch0: linuxdoc-tools-0.9.13-letter.patch
 Patch1: linuxdoc-tools-0.9.20-lib64.patch
-Patch2: linuxdoc-tools-0.9.68-flex.patch
 Url: http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linuxdoc-tools.html
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: flex flex-static sgml-common jade gawk groff autoconf texinfo
 #need actual perl directory structure
 BuildRequires: perl >= 4:5.10.1
@@ -42,14 +40,15 @@ documentation.
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1 -b .lib64
-%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
-%configure --with-installed-iso-entities
+#need to get config.{sub,guess} in, something is broken in the build
+autoreconf
+%configure --with-installed-nsgmls --with-installed-iso-entities --disable-docs
 # Packaging brain-damage
 pushd entity-map
 autoconf
-%configure
+%configure --enable-docs pdf
 popd
 
 make OPTIMIZE="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" %{?_smp_mflags}
@@ -107,6 +106,12 @@ exit 0
 %{_mandir}/*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 19 2017 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> - 0.9.72-1
+- new version 0.9.72, temporarily disable docs builds
+
+* Fri Jun 16 2017 Troy Dawson <tdawson@redhat.com> - 0.9.68-12
+- Flex patch (Patch2) no longer needed (#1423895)
+
 * Fri Feb 10 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.68-11
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild