diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b44da4..3bd299a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ clog
 /mongo-c-driver-1.3.5.tar.gz
 /mongo-c-driver-1.5.0-rc2.tar.gz
 /mongo-c-driver-missing.tgz
+/mongo-c-driver-1.5.0-rc3.tar.gz
diff --git a/mongo-c-driver-pr401.patch b/mongo-c-driver-pr401.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 34c9e54..0000000
--- a/mongo-c-driver-pr401.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From a021ada41374b9be9b478252d53a2a199bfdbf7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Remi Collet <fedora@famillecollet.com>
-Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:42:13 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] CDRIVER-1702 don't fail when returned platform is truncated
-
----
- tests/test-mongoc-handshake.c | 4 +++-
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/tests/test-mongoc-handshake.c b/tests/test-mongoc-handshake.c
-index b806b59..604cbf8 100644
---- a/tests/test-mongoc-handshake.c
-+++ b/tests/test-mongoc-handshake.c
-@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ test_mongoc_handshake_data_append_success (void)
-    ASSERT (BSON_ITER_HOLDS_UTF8 (&md_iter));
-    val = bson_iter_utf8 (&md_iter, NULL);
-    ASSERT (val);
--   ASSERT (strstr (val, platform) != NULL);
-+   if (strlen(val) < 250) { /* standard val are < 100, may be truncated on some platform */
-+      ASSERT (strstr (val, platform) != NULL);
-+   }
- 
-    mock_server_replies_simple (request,
-                                "{'ok': 1, 'ismaster': true}");
diff --git a/mongo-c-driver.spec b/mongo-c-driver.spec
index 0cfb2f2..980576d 100644
--- a/mongo-c-driver.spec
+++ b/mongo-c-driver.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 %global gh_project   mongo-c-driver
 %global libname      libmongoc
 %global libver       1.0
-%global prever       rc2
+%global prever       rc3
 %global bsonver      1.5
 
 %ifarch x86_64
@@ -25,20 +25,13 @@
 Name:      mongo-c-driver
 Summary:   Client library written in C for MongoDB
 Version:   1.5.0
-Release:   0.2.%{prever}%{?dist}
+Release:   0.3.%{prever}%{?dist}
 License:   ASL 2.0
 Group:     System Environment/Libraries
 URL:       https://github.com/%{gh_owner}/%{gh_project}
 
 Source0:   https://github.com/%{gh_owner}/%{gh_project}/releases/download/%{version}%{?prever:-%{prever}}/%{gh_project}-%{version}%{?prever:-%{prever}}.tar.gz
 
-# https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-1703
-Source1:   mongo-c-driver-missing.tgz
-
-# https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-1702
-# https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/pull/401
-Patch0:    mongo-c-driver-pr401.patch
-
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(openssl)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libbson-1.0) > %{bsonver}
 %if 0%{?fedora} > 21 || 0%{?rhel} > 6
@@ -89,9 +82,6 @@ Documentation: http://api.mongodb.org/c/%{version}/
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{gh_project}-%{version}%{?prever:-%{prever}}
 
-tar xf %{SOURCE1}
-%patch0 -p1 -b .pr401
-
 rm -r src/libbson
 
 # Ignore check for libbson version = libmongoc version
@@ -174,6 +164,10 @@ exit $ret
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 20 2016 Remi Collet <remi@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.0-0.3.rc3
+- update to 1.5.0-rc3
+- drop patches merged upstream
+
 * Fri Oct 14 2016 Remi Collet <remi@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.0-0.2.rc2
 - open https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-1703 missing files
 - open https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-1702 broken test
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a1f07eb..e64f104 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-5adb8489e2d6910ca7948e015e5529b3  mongo-c-driver-1.5.0-rc2.tar.gz
-fb218dd18b7339dcb56200e272a2fc97  mongo-c-driver-missing.tgz
+0e20f88771d53892c0a0d104b75d2f81  mongo-c-driver-1.5.0-rc3.tar.gz