diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 749eaf7..57a89ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ libffado-2.0.1-svn1864.tar.bz2
 /libffado-2.4.5.tgz
 /libffado-2.4.6.tgz
 /libffado-2.4.7.tgz
+/libffado-2.4.8.tgz
diff --git a/libffado-2.4.7-configparser.patch b/libffado-2.4.7-configparser.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index eae6567..0000000
--- a/libffado-2.4.7-configparser.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-diff -up libffado-2.4.7/support/mixer-qt4/ffado/registration.py.configparser libffado-2.4.7/support/mixer-qt4/ffado/registration.py
---- libffado-2.4.7/support/mixer-qt4/ffado/registration.py.configparser	2022-02-25 13:25:10.000000000 +0100
-+++ libffado-2.4.7/support/mixer-qt4/ffado/registration.py	2023-09-29 01:20:30.771066060 +0200
-@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ import os
- # Python3 renamed ConfigParser to configparser.  Deal with this in a way
- # which maintains compatibility with python2.
- try:
--    from configparser import SafeConfigParser
--except:
--    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
-+    from configparser import ConfigParser
-+except ImportError:
-+    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser as ConfigParser
- 
- # The urlopen()/urlencode() functions from urllib in python2 are in 
- # urllib.request and urllib.parse respectively under python2.
-@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class ffado_registration:
- 
-         # parse the ini file
-         self.config_filename = os.path.expanduser(INI_FILE_PATH)
--        self.parser = SafeConfigParser()
-+        self.parser = ConfigParser()
-         self.parser.read(self.config_filename)
-         self.section_name = "%s:%X" % (self.ffado_version, self.guid)
-         self.email = "(optional)"
diff --git a/libffado.spec b/libffado.spec
index cea52ab..21bd344 100644
--- a/libffado.spec
+++ b/libffado.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 %if ! 0%{?rhel} || 0%{?rhel} > 8
-%global needs_scons_quirk 0
+%bcond scons_quirk 0
 %else
-%global needs_scons_quirk 1
+%bcond scons_quirk 1
+%endif
+
+%if %{without scons_quirk}
+%global scons scons
+%else
+%global scons scons-3
 %endif
 
 Summary:        Free firewire audio driver library
 Name:           libffado
-Version:        2.4.7
+Version:        2.4.8
 Release:        %autorelease
 License:        GPLv2 or GPLv3
 URL:            http://www.ffado.org/
@@ -18,10 +24,8 @@ Source9:        libffado-snapshot.sh
 Patch0:         libffado-2.4.4-no-test-apps.patch
 Patch1:         libffado-2.4.4-icon-name.patch
 Patch2:         libffado-2.4.4-scons-quirk.patch
-# Patch for python3.12 imp module removal
+# Patch for Python 3.12 imp module removal
 Patch3:         libffado-2.4.7-python312-imp-removal.patch
-# Patch for Python 3.12 configparser changes
-Patch4:         libffado-2.4.7-configparser.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  alsa-lib-devel
 BuildRequires:  dbus-c++-devel
@@ -41,11 +45,13 @@ BuildRequires:  libxml++-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  python3-qt5-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
-%if ! %needs_scons_quirk
+%if %{without scons_quirk}
 BuildRequires:  python3-scons >= 3.0.2
 %else
 BuildRequires:  python3-scons
 %endif
+BuildRequires:  python3dist(setuptools)
+BuildRequires:  rpm_macro(py3_shebang_fix)
 ExcludeArch:    s390 s390x
 
 
@@ -78,17 +84,16 @@ Applications and utilities for use with libffado.
 
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -N
+%autosetup -N -n %{name}-%{version}/libffado
 %patch -P0 -p1 -b .no-test-apps
 %patch -P1 -p1 -b .icon-name
-%if %needs_scons_quirk
+%if %{with scons_quirk}
 %patch -P2 -p1 -b .scons-quirk
 %endif
-%patch -P3 -p1 -b .py312
-%patch -P4 -p1 -b .configparser
+%patch -P3 -p1 -b .py312-imp-removal
 
 # Fix Python shebangs
-sed -i 's|/usr/bin/.*python$|/usr/bin/python3|' \
+%py3_shebang_fix \
     admin/*.py doc/SConscript tests/python/*.py tests/*.py \
     support/mixer-qt4/ffado-mixer* support/mixer-qt4/SConscript \
     support/tools/*.py support/tools/SConscript
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ sed -i 's|/usr/bin/.*python$|/usr/bin/python3|' \
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -ffast-math"
 export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -ffast-math --std=gnu++11"
 export LDFLAGS="%{build_ldflags}"
-scons-3 %{?_smp_mflags} \
+%{scons} %{?_smp_mflags} \
       DETECT_USERSPACE_ENV=False \
       ENABLE_SETBUFFERSIZE_API_VER=True \
       ENABLE_OPTIMIZATIONS=True \
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ scons-3 %{?_smp_mflags} \
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -ffast-math"
 export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -ffast-math --std=gnu++11"
 export LDFLAGS="%{build_ldflags}"
-scons-3 DESTDIR=%{buildroot} PREFIX=%{_prefix}\
+%{scons} DESTDIR=%{buildroot} PREFIX=%{_prefix}\
       install
 
 # We need to install the xdg stuff manually
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e748454..7df56da 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libffado-2.4.7.tgz) = 424a9ca7ded12e72d77a50d7ddf4e50dc0d55b80d725499df7609ce60d0eac8b24a41d9b8e4e74f78bdefe114b61bd5f1ec09a6d083f4a58475e66d61153f075
+SHA512 (libffado-2.4.8.tgz) = fbbcd30640c55315f2e65fc6c07afc71a77dd2c9d1b6127ee55cd17e76511ad5f0563135e52397dbf113fb0d5925021a38780f231409bdd920da52e6c1ce3acc