diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c028994..d1ca0a5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 /marco-1.8.0.tar.xz
 /marco-1.8.1.tar.xz
 /marco-1.8.2.tar.xz
+/marco-1.8.3.tar.xz
diff --git a/marco.spec b/marco.spec
index 4fb7974..ce1fa22 100644
--- a/marco.spec
+++ b/marco.spec
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 %{!?rel_build:%global git_tar %{name}-%{version}-%{git_ver}.tar.xz}
 
 Name:           marco
-Version:        %{branch}.2
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Version:        %{branch}.3
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 #Release:       0.5%{?git_rel}%{?dist}
 Summary:        MATE Desktop window manager
 License:        LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+
@@ -35,13 +35,6 @@ Source5:        window.png
 
 # needed for fixing initial-setup issue, rhbz (#962009)
 Patch0:         marco_add-pixbuf-inline-icons.patch
-# http://git.mate-desktop.org/marco/commit/?h=1.8&id=c2cbcaa
-Patch1:         marco_fix-renaming-in-1.8.2.patch
-#https://github.com/mate-desktop/marco/pull/141
-Patch2:         marco_rendering-with-gtk3.14.patch
-# fix resizing of CSD Windows
-#http://git.mate-desktop.org/marco/commit/?h=1.8&id=d4969fe
-Patch3:         marco_csd_resizing.patch
 
 Requires:      mate-desktop-libs
 
@@ -53,7 +46,7 @@ BuildRequires: libSM-devel
 BuildRequireS: libsoup-devel
 BuildRequires: libXdamage-devel
 BuildRequires: mate-common
-BuildRequires: mate-dialogs
+BuildRequires: zenity
 BuildRequires: startup-notification-devel
 BuildRequires: yelp-tools
 
@@ -93,9 +86,6 @@ cp %{SOURCE4} src/stock_minimize.png
 cp %{SOURCE5} src/window.png
 
 %patch0 -p1 -b .inline-icons
-%patch1 -p1 -b .fix-renaming
-%patch2 -p1 -b .rendering
-%patch3 -p1 -b .csd
 
 # needed for the patch and for git snapshot builds
 autoreconf -if
@@ -175,6 +165,11 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 09 2015 Wolfgang Ulbrich <chat-to-me@raveit.de> - 1.8.3-1
+- update to 1.8.3 release
+- remove upstreamed patches
+- add BR zenity, drop mate-dialogs
+
 * Mon Nov 10 2014 Wolfgang Ulbrich <chat-to-me@raveit.de> - 1.8.2-5
 - add runtime require mate-desktop-libs to fix usage of initial-setup
 - in workstation product, rhbz (# 1160891)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 12b5417..47c8d21 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-265dc15c523a4688de0e10eb976df751  marco-1.8.2.tar.xz
+bf22da6cac998be5de2296d51a96b1c2  marco-1.8.3.tar.xz