diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bd0cc49..6455c09 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 /pypy-2.4.0-src.tar.bz2
 /pypy-2.5.0-src.tar.bz2
 /pypy-2.6.0-src.tar.bz2
+/pypy-2.6.1-src.tar.bz2
diff --git a/pypy.spec b/pypy.spec
index 6101060..deb29d3 100644
--- a/pypy.spec
+++ b/pypy.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           pypy
-Version:        2.6.0
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Version:        2.6.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python implementation with a Just-In-Time compiler
 
 Group:          Development/Languages
@@ -153,9 +153,6 @@ Patch1: 006-always-log-stdout.patch
 # community that won't make sense outside of it).  [Sorry to be a killjoy]
 Patch2: 007-remove-startup-message.patch
 
-# Fix bug in pypy installing script package.py
-Patch3: pypy_tool_release_package.patch
-
 # Build-time requirements:
 
 # pypy's can be rebuilt using itself, rather than with CPython; doing so
@@ -274,7 +271,6 @@ Build of PyPy with support for micro-threads for massive concurrency
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
-%patch3 -p1
 # Replace /usr/local/bin/python shebangs with /usr/bin/python:
 find -name "*.py" -exec \
   sed \
@@ -717,6 +713,9 @@ CheckPyPy %{name}-c-stackless
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 31 2015 Michal Cyprian <mcyprian@redhat.com> - 2.6.1-1
+- Upgrade to 2.6.1
+
 * Wed Aug 26 2015 Michal Cyprian <mcyprian@redhat.com> - 2.6.0-5
 - Use %{bootstrap_python_interp} macro to run package.py
 
diff --git a/pypy_tool_release_package.patch b/pypy_tool_release_package.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cf2e0b..0000000
--- a/pypy_tool_release_package.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/pypy/tool/release/package.py b/pypy/tool/release/package.py
-index de6fdbd..4c0b6a2 100755
---- a/pypy/tool/release/package.py
-+++ b/pypy/tool/release/package.py
-@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def create_package(basedir, options, _fake=False):
-                                 'not find it' % (str(libpypy_c),))
-         binaries.append((libpypy_c, libpypy_name))
-     #
--    builddir = options.builddir
-+    builddir = py.path.local(options.builddir)
-     pypydir = builddir.ensure(name, dir=True)
-     includedir = basedir.join('include')
-     # Recursively copy all headers, shutil has only ignore
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index affd15b..cd4ad0d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-b36346a77131c76276644671d68124d9  pypy-2.6.0-src.tar.bz2
+7e53f72eeb6d9947fd5db6872213404d  pypy-2.6.1-src.tar.bz2