diff --git a/pysvn.spec b/pysvn.spec
index 4b2c704..8a15627 100644
--- a/pysvn.spec
+++ b/pysvn.spec
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           pysvn
-Version:        1.9.6
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        1.9.9
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Pythonic style bindings for Subversion
 License:        ASL 1.1
-URL:            http://pysvn.tigris.org/
+URL:            https://pysvn.sourceforge.io/
 Source0:        http://pysvn.barrys-emacs.org/source_kits/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ BuildRequires:  neon-devel
 BuildRequires:  apr-devel
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 %if 0%{?fedora} >= 28 || 0%{?rhel} > 7
-BuildRequires:  python2-pycxx-devel >= 7.0.3
+BuildRequires:  python2-pycxx-devel >= 7.1.2
 %else
-BuildRequires:  python-pycxx-devel
+BuildRequires:  python-pycxx-devel >= 7.1.2
 %endif
 
 %global _description\
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Obsoletes: pysvn < %{version}-%{release}
 Summary: Pythonic style bindings for Subversion
 
 BuildRequires:    python3-devel
-BuildRequires:    python3-pycxx-devel >= 7.0.3
+BuildRequires:    python3-pycxx-devel >= 7.1.2
 
 %description -n python3-pysvn
 Pythonic style bindings for Subversion
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ cp -a . %{py3dir}
 %build
 pushd Source
 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" %{__python2} setup.py configure \
-    --enable-debug --verbose --fixed-module-name --norpath \
-    --pycxx-dir=/usr/include --pycxx-src-dir=/usr/src/CXX
+    --enable-debug --verbose --fixed-module-name --norpath
 
 %{__sed} -i -e 's@-Wall -fPIC -fexceptions -frtti@%{optflags} -fPIC -frtti@' Makefile
 %{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}
@@ -74,8 +73,7 @@ CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" %{__python2} setup.py configure \
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 pushd %{py3dir}/Source
 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" %{__python3} setup.py configure \
-    --enable-debug --verbose --fixed-module-name --norpath \
-    --pycxx-dir=/usr/include --pycxx-src-dir=/usr/src/CXX
+    --enable-debug --verbose --fixed-module-name --norpath
 
 %{__sed} -i -e 's@-Wall -fPIC -fexceptions -frtti@%{optflags} -fPIC -frtti@' Makefile
 %{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}
@@ -123,6 +121,10 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 04 2019 Barry Scott <barry@barrys-emacs.org> - 1.9.9-1
+- Update to 1.9.9 and build against PyCXX 7.1.2
+- remove setup options that are the default
+
 * Sat Feb 02 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.9.6-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e1cf392..478cf1a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (pysvn-1.9.6.tar.gz) = 520a5aea0fbb1c189eb2d829e9a7cc46408c790a790f56507626f043b62773ddb965c7047a017e9da13deb1e30e8394c45f7423246183cc366b106694fb44a82
+SHA512 (pysvn-1.9.9.tar.gz) = 08bd13a05d0b70ecbe09eef6a8f63a0e16982d650221d56ad70746e4c837b9623a7c0b4896228ba6bd3dc4d4f8f326ab62809965c688ece0891643a92e33cc10