diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07c8f21..f606258 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ avr-libc-user-manual-1.7.0.tar.bz2
 /avr-libc-1.7.1.tar.bz2
 /avr-libc-user-manual-1.7.1.tar.bz2
 /avr-libc-user-manual-1.7.1.pdf.bz2
+/avr-libc-1.8.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/avr-libc-1.7.1-PSTR.patch b/avr-libc-1.7.1-PSTR.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 30a2ae3..0000000
--- a/avr-libc-1.7.1-PSTR.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
---- include/avr/pgmspace.h	2011/05/09 16:44:33	2238
-+++ include/avr/pgmspace.h	2011/05/09 17:11:12	2239
-@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
- # define PSTR(s) ((const PROGMEM char *)(s))
- #else  /* !DOXYGEN */
- /* The real thing. */
--# define PSTR(s) (__extension__({static char __c[] PROGMEM = (s); &__c[0];}))
-+# define PSTR(s) (__extension__({static const char __c[] PROGMEM = (s); &__c[0];}))
- #endif /* DOXYGEN */
- 
- #define __LPM_classic__(addr)   \
-
---- libc/stdlib/dtostre.c	2011/05/09 22:18:18	2240
-+++ libc/stdlib/dtostre.c	2011/05/11 12:59:48	2241
-@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
- char *
- dtostre (double val, char *sbeg, unsigned char prec, unsigned char flags)
- {
--    __attribute__((progmem)) static char str_nan[2][4] =
-+    __attribute__((progmem)) static const char str_nan[2][4] =
- 	{"nan", "NAN"};
--    __attribute__((progmem)) static char str_inf[2][sizeof(str_nan[0])] =
-+    __attribute__((progmem)) static const char str_inf[2][sizeof(str_nan[0])] =
- 	{"inf", "INF"};
-     char *d;		/* dst	*/
--    char *s;		/* src	*/
-+    const char *s;		/* src	*/
-     signed char exp;
-     unsigned char vtype;
- 
-
diff --git a/avr-libc.spec b/avr-libc.spec
index 806db37..c47377a 100644
--- a/avr-libc.spec
+++ b/avr-libc.spec
@@ -6,15 +6,14 @@
 %global _binaries_in_noarch_packages_terminate_build 0
 
 Name:           avr-libc
-Version:        1.7.1
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Version:        1.8.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        C library for use with GCC on Atmel AVR microcontrollers
 Group:          Development/Tools
 License:        BSD
 URL:            http://www.nongnu.org/avr-libc/
 Source0:        http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/avr-libc/avr-libc-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         avr-libc-1.6.4-documentation.patch
-Patch1:         avr-libc-1.7.1-PSTR.patch
 
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  avr-gcc doxygen transfig netpbm-progs texlive-texmf-latex texlive-latex
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ access these).
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p0
-%patch1 -p0
 
 for i in doc/api/faq.dox doc/api/overview.dox include/stdio.h include/stdlib.h;
   do
@@ -107,6 +105,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/%{name}-user-manual-%{version}*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 15 2012 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 1.8.0-1
+- updated to 1.8.0
+
 * Wed Jul 18 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.7.1-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c730916..8a720af 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8608061dcff075d44d5c59cb7b6a6f39  avr-libc-1.7.1.tar.bz2
+54c71798f24c96bab206be098062344f  avr-libc-1.8.0.tar.bz2