diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3806df1..54babdb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ tornado-1.0.1.tar.gz
 /tornado-4.1.tar.gz
 /tornado-4.2.1.tar.gz
 /tornado-4.3.tar.gz
+/tornado-4.4.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-tornado-requires.patch b/python-tornado-requires.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9391281..0000000
--- a/python-tornado-requires.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -up tornado-4.3/setup.py.requires tornado-4.3/setup.py
---- tornado-4.3/setup.py.requires	2016-09-15 21:31:05.188426632 -0600
-+++ tornado-4.3/setup.py	2016-09-15 21:49:19.093465027 -0600
-@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ if setuptools is not None:
-     if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
-         # Only needed indirectly, for singledispatch.
-         install_requires.append('ordereddict')
--    if sys.version_info < (3, 2):
--        install_requires.append('backports.ssl_match_hostname')
-     if sys.version_info < (3, 4):
-         install_requires.append('singledispatch')
-     if sys.version_info < (3, 5):
diff --git a/python-tornado.spec b/python-tornado.spec
index a622786..540d4a4 100644
--- a/python-tornado.spec
+++ b/python-tornado.spec
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 %global srcname tornado
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
-Version:        4.3
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Version:        4.4.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Scalable, non-blocking web server and tools
 
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ URL:            http://www.tornadoweb.org
 Source0:        https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/t/tornado/tornado-%{version}.tar.gz
 # Patch to use system CA certs instead of certifi
 Patch0:         python-tornado-cert.patch
-# Remove unnecessary requires (backports.ssl_match_hostname
-# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372887
-Patch1:         python-tornado-requires.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  python2-backports_abc
@@ -99,7 +96,6 @@ ideal for real-time web services.
 %prep 
 %setup -q -n %{srcname}-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .cert
-%patch1 -p1 -b .requires
 # remove shebang from files
 %{__sed} -i.orig -e '/^#!\//, 1d' *py tornado/*.py tornado/*/*.py
 
@@ -141,6 +137,10 @@ ideal for real-time web services.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 15 2016 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 4.4.1-1
+- Update to 4.4.1
+- Drop requires patch, fixed upstream
+
 * Thu Sep 15 2016 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 4.3-5
 - Remove backports.ssl_match_hostname from python2-tornado egg requires (bug #1372887)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 250e2f4..11a809b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d13a99dc0b60ba69f5f8ec1235e5b232  tornado-4.3.tar.gz
+fff8a7d7f580b04bacc2ffe7ddf41133  tornado-4.4.1.tar.gz