diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c95e847..f7d8b69 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ coverage-3.4.tar.gz
 /coverage-4.0a2.tar.gz
 /coverage-4.0a3.tar.gz
 /coverage-4.0a5.tar.gz
+/coverage-4.0a6.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-coverage.spec b/python-coverage.spec
index aa24dfe..ee73704 100644
--- a/python-coverage.spec
+++ b/python-coverage.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %global with_python3 1
 %endif
 
-%global prever a5
+%global prever a6
 
 %{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
 Name:           python-coverage
 Summary:        Code coverage testing module for Python
 Version:        4.0
-Release:        0.7.%{?prever}%{?dist}
+Release:        0.8.%{?prever}%{?dist}
 License:        BSD and (MIT or GPLv2)
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 URL:            http://nedbatchelder.com/code/modules/coverage.html
 Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/coverage/coverage-%{version}%{?prever}.tar.gz
-# https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/363/annotate-command-hits-unicode-happy-fun
-Patch0:		python-coverage-4.0a5-unicodefix.patch
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools, python2-devel
 Requires:       python-setuptools
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@ have been executed.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n coverage-%{version}%{?prever}
-%patch0 -p1
 
 find . -type f -exec chmod 0644 \{\} \;
 sed -i 's/\r//g' README.txt
@@ -120,6 +117,9 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul  7 2015 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 4.0-0.8.a6
+- update to 4.0a6
+
 * Thu Jun 18 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 4.0-0.7.a5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b18522e..a9a1369 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-37f4d8ae679b2c43a87da8d519817a3b  coverage-4.0a5.tar.gz
+1bb4058062646148965bef0796b61efc  coverage-4.0a6.tar.gz