diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 17637d3..aa7fb33 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ automake-1.11.1.tar.bz2
 /automake-1.11.4.tar.xz
 /automake-1.11.5.tar.xz
 /automake-1.12.2.tar.xz
+/automake-1.13.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/automake-1.12.2-aclocal7-sleep.patch b/automake-1.12.2-aclocal7-sleep.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a409af9..0000000
--- a/automake-1.12.2-aclocal7-sleep.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff -up automake-1.12.2/t/aclocal7.sh.sleep automake-1.12.2/t/aclocal7.sh
---- automake-1.12.2/t/aclocal7.sh.sleep	2012-07-17 13:50:29.860646914 +0200
-+++ automake-1.12.2/t/aclocal7.sh	2012-07-17 13:55:56.752112356 +0200
-@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ AUTOMAKE_after_aclocal ()
-   $AUTOMAKE --no-force
- }
- 
-+# aclocal will rewrite aclocal.m4 unless the input files are all older than the
-+# existing aclocal.m4 -- sleep to ensure somedefs.m4 has an older timestamp
-+# than the aclocal.m4 that the next aclocal call will generate.
-+$sleep
-+
- $ACLOCAL -I m4
- AUTOMAKE_after_aclocal
- 
diff --git a/automake-1.12.2-vala-fails.patch b/automake-1.12.2-vala-fails.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fd35f6..0000000
--- a/automake-1.12.2-vala-fails.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/t/vala-headers.sh b/t/vala-headers.sh
-index 48dbf81..50e8e2b 100755
---- a/t/vala-headers.sh
-+++ b/t/vala-headers.sh
-@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
- 
- # Test to make sure compiling Vala code really works with recursive make.
- 
-+exit 77
-+
- required="pkg-config valac gcc GNUmake"
- . ./defs || exit 1
- 
-diff --git a/t/vala-libs.sh b/t/vala-libs.sh
-index f6a7ba9..84c4c86 100755
---- a/t/vala-libs.sh
-+++ b/t/vala-libs.sh
-@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
- # Building libraries (libtool and static) from Vala sources.
- # And use of vapi files to call C code from Vala.
- 
-+exit 77
-+
- required="valac cc pkg-config libtoolize GNUmake"
- . ./defs || exit 1
- 
-diff --git a/t/vala-mix.sh b/t/vala-mix.sh
-index 2580bd0..11c5061 100755
---- a/t/vala-mix.sh
-+++ b/t/vala-mix.sh
-@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
- 
- # Vala sources and C sources in the same program.  Functional test.
- 
-+exit 77
-+
- required='valac cc GNUmake'
- . ./defs || exit 1
- 
-diff --git a/t/vala-mix2.sh b/t/vala-mix2.sh
-index e1dbb5d..344dd7e 100755
---- a/t/vala-mix2.sh
-+++ b/t/vala-mix2.sh
-@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
- # Vala sources, C and C++ sources and C and C++ headers in the same
- # program.  Functional test.  See automake bug#10894.
- 
-+exit 77
-+
- required='valac cc c++ GNUmake'
- . ./defs || exit 1
- 
-diff --git a/t/vala-parallel.sh b/t/vala-parallel.sh
-index d03080d..68bd752 100755
---- a/t/vala-parallel.sh
-+++ b/t/vala-parallel.sh
-@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
- 
- # Vala support with parallel make.
- 
-+exit 77
-+
- required='valac cc GNUmake'
- . ./defs || exit 1
- 
-diff --git a/t/vala-vapi.sh b/t/vala-vapi.sh
-index 1862b71..25ed253 100755
---- a/t/vala-vapi.sh
-+++ b/t/vala-vapi.sh
-@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
- 
- # Test and that vapi files are correctly handled by Vala support.
- 
-+exit 77
-+
- required='valac cc GNUmake'
- . ./defs || exit 1
- 
-diff --git a/t/vala-vpath.sh b/t/vala-vpath.sh
-index 9874f68..b5af378 100755
---- a/t/vala-vpath.sh
-+++ b/t/vala-vpath.sh
-@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
- # Test to make sure vala support handles from-scratch VPATH builds.
- # See automake bug#8753.
- 
-+exit 77
-+
- required="cc valac GNUmake"
- . ./defs || exit 1
- 
diff --git a/automake.spec b/automake.spec
index 66e9508..651c82b 100644
--- a/automake.spec
+++ b/automake.spec
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-%global api_version 1.12
+%global api_version 1.13
 
 Summary:    A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles
 Name:       automake
-Version:    %{api_version}.2
-Release:    6%{?dist}
+Version:    %{api_version}.1
+Release:    1%{?dist}
 License:    GPLv2+ and GFDL
 Group:      Development/Tools
-Source:     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-%{version}.tar.xz
-Patch0:     automake-1.12.2-aclocal7-sleep.patch
-Patch1:     automake-1.12.2-vala-fails.patch
+Source:     ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-%{version}.tar.xz
 URL:        http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
-Requires:   autoconf >= 2.68
-BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.68
+Requires:   autoconf >= 2.65
+BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.65
 Requires(post): /sbin/install-info
 Requires(preun): /sbin/install-info
 BuildArch:  noarch
@@ -42,8 +40,6 @@ Makefiles.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n automake-%{version}
-%patch0 -p1 -b .aclocal7-sleep
-%patch1 -p1 -b .vala-build-problems
 
 %build
 ./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --mandir=%{_mandir} --infodir=%{_infodir} \
@@ -58,7 +54,7 @@ make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 
 %check
 %if %{with check}
-make check
+make -k -j4 check
 %endif
 
 %post
@@ -80,6 +76,13 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 10 2013 Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@redhat.com> - 1.13.1-1
+- update to recent automake-1.13.1
+- minimum required autoconf is 2.65 (based on upstream suggestion)
+- make check is run now parallel (based on 't/README' it helps also on
+  single-thread machines)
+- drop unnecessary patches
+
 * Wed Oct 25 2012 Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@redhat.com> - 1.12.2-6
 - fedora-review -> s/define/global/, s/RPM_BUILD_ROOT/buildroot/,
   remove defattr() from %%files section
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8b7fd7b..296a5b0 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-56c3ab38a5ed8f2b825341b4e007372a  automake-1.12.2.tar.xz
+a60380ab11e1481376b7747d1b42ced2  automake-1.13.1.tar.xz