diff --git a/codeblocks.spec b/codeblocks.spec
index c8bab0d..ac1beb2 100644
--- a/codeblocks.spec
+++ b/codeblocks.spec
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:		codeblocks
-Version:	16.01
-Release:	12%{?svnrelease}%{?dist}
+Version:	17.12
+Release:	1%{?svnrelease}%{?dist}
 Summary:	An open source, cross platform, free C++ IDE
 License:	GPLv3+
 URL:		http://www.codeblocks.org/
@@ -15,31 +15,9 @@ URL:		http://www.codeblocks.org/
 # fedora-getsvn codeblocks svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/codeblocks/code/trunk %%{svnrev}
 Source0:	%{name}-svn%{svnrev}.tar.bz2
 %else
-Source0:	https://sourceforge.net/projects/%{name}/files/Sources/%{version}/%{name}_%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:	https://sourceforge.net/projects/%{name}/files/Sources/%{version}/%{name}_%{version}.tar.xz
 %endif
 Patch0:		codeblocks-autorev.patch
-Source1:	codeblocks.appdata.xml
-Source2:	codeblocks-contrib.metainfo.xml
-# images for license fix patches, backported from codeblocks svn.
-Source3:	arnold_schwarzenegger.jpg
-Source4:	flower.jpg
-# patch 1 and 2 are fixes for  rhbz #1295328
-# replace image with problematic license in opencv-wizard
-Patch1:		codeblocks-16.01-opencv-wizard.patch
-# update wxPdfDoc in source-exporter with recent git to fix license issues
-Patch2:		codeblocks-16.01-source-exporter.patch
-# use system tinyxml, squirrel, astyle libraries
-Patch3:		codeblocks-16.01-unbundle.patch
-# fix rhbz #1342076, #1349232, #1330252, #1350094
-Patch4:		codeblocks-16.01-gcc6.patch
-# set Fedora specific path for spellchecker
-Patch5:		codeblocks-16.01-spellchecker-settings.patch
-# fix malformed code to build with gcc7
-Patch6:		codeblocks-16.01-gcc7.patch
-# backport changes for astyle 2.06
-Patch7:		codeblocks-16.01-astyle2.06-backport.patch
-# backport patch for crash in wxSmith
-Patch8:		codeblocks-16.01-wxsmith.patch
 
 BuildRequires:	libtool
 BuildRequires:	wxGTK-devel
@@ -62,7 +40,7 @@ BuildRequires:	desktop-file-utils
 Requires:	%{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:	shared-mime-info
 Requires:	xterm
-Provides:	bundled(wxScintilla) = 1.7.1
+Provides:	bundled(wxScintilla) = 3.53.0
 
 %global		pkgdatadir	%{_datadir}/%{name}
 %global		pkglibdir	%{_libdir}/%{name}
@@ -127,19 +105,7 @@ Additional Code::Blocks plug-ins.
 %setup -q -n %{name}
 %patch0 -p1
 %else
-%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}.release
-%patch1 -p1
-rm -f src/plugins/scriptedwizard/resources/opencv/files/lena.jpg
-cp %{SOURCE3} src/plugins/scriptedwizard/resources/opencv/files/
-%patch2 -p1
-rm -f src/plugins/contrib/source_exporter/wxPdfDocument/samples/minimal/lena.jpg
-cp %{SOURCE4} src/plugins/contrib/source_exporter/wxPdfDocument/samples/minimal/
-%patch3 -p1
-%patch4 -p1
-%patch5 -p1
-%patch6 -p1
-%patch7 -p1
-%patch8 -p1
+%setup -q
 %endif
 
 
@@ -161,7 +127,8 @@ find . -type f -and -not -name "*.cpp" -and -not -name "*.h" -and -not -name "*.
 %build
 
 %configure \
-    --with-contrib-plugins=all
+    --with-contrib-plugins=all \
+    --with-boost-libdir=%{_libdir}
 
 # remove unbundled stuff
 rm -rf src/include/tinyxml src/base/tinyxml
@@ -184,11 +151,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %make_install
 
 %if 0%{?fedora}
-%if %{snapshot}
 appstream-util validate-relax --nonet %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/appdata/*.{appdata,metainfo}.xml
-%else
-DESTDIR=%{buildroot} appstream-util install %{SOURCE1} %{SOURCE2}
-%endif
 %endif
 desktop-file-validate	%{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications/codeblocks.desktop
 
@@ -410,6 +373,10 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Dec 31 2017 Jens Lody <fedora@jenslody.de> - 17.12-1
+- Code::Blocks release 17.12.
+- Remove unneeded patches (all in upstream now).
+
 * Wed Aug 02 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 16.01-12
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Binutils_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index afbafb8..1eab444 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-823f6c229692367ff74f52098b887b6b  codeblocks_16.01.tar.gz
+SHA512 (codeblocks_17.12.tar.xz) = f90e756ca6f532656eeed34c6259c6a96ae85d172fc11e39f696ded9189cab7171d0cead18524fbab50dd782f21adbc7d52e2ea90535a3ed0aef5946b8a476e1