diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index fb46907..f0780b9 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-Net-CUPS-0.56.tar.gz
+Net-CUPS-0.59.tar.gz
+clog
+*.rpm
+*.gz
+Net-Cups-*
diff --git a/perl-Net-CUPS.spec b/perl-Net-CUPS.spec
index f431d4d..f0df7d5 100644
--- a/perl-Net-CUPS.spec
+++ b/perl-Net-CUPS.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           perl-Net-CUPS
-Version:        0.56
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        0.59
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Perl bindings to the CUPS C API Interface
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -11,34 +11,20 @@ Requires:       perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $versi
 
 # non-perl
 BuildRequires:  cups-devel 
-# see BZ#455192
-BuildRequires:  zlib-devel 
 
 # perl
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)
 
-
-# keep from running tests which require admin privs under the Fedora setup
-Patch0:         dest_test.patch
-
 %description
 Net::CUPS is an interface to the Common Unix Printing System API.  If you feel
 an urge to control CUPS servers via perl, this is a good way to do it :)
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n Net-CUPS-%{version}
-%patch0
 
 find . -type f -exec chmod -c -x {} +
 
-# until we get BZ#455190 resolved (one way or the other) 
-perl -pi -e 's|^#include <cups/i18n.h>|/*#include <cups/i18n.h>*/|' CUPS.xs
-
-# grr. see the long languishing RT#35966
-#   (http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=35966)
-perl -pi -e 's|IPP_|Net::CUPS::IPP_|' lib/Net/CUPS/Destination.pm
-
 %build
 %{__perl} Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor OPTIMIZE="%{optflags}"
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
@@ -71,6 +57,11 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jan 10 2009 Chris Weyl <cweyl@alumni.drew.edu> 0.59-1
+- update to 0.59
+- drop some fixes that have been applied upstream (RHBZ#455190, RHBZ#455192,
+  RT#35966)
+
 * Sun Jul 13 2008 Chris Weyl <cweyl@alumni.drew.edu> 0.56-2
 - and remove i18n.h from CUPS.xs.  See bz#455190
 - add zlib-devel as a BR.  See bz#455192
@@ -81,7 +72,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 - update to 0.56
 
 * Thu Mar 06 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> - 0.55-4
-Rebuild for new perl
+- Rebuild for new perl
 
 * Mon Feb 18 2008 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.55-3
 - Autorebuild for GCC 4.3
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 3df6919..c511c8b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ae0d60ca4544d551177f923c3d29da5c  Net-CUPS-0.56.tar.gz
+415619f4e5fac5f5dd8727b1321efd68  Net-CUPS-0.59.tar.gz