diff --git a/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0-icu_no_spam.patch b/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0-icu_no_spam.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f94ba6..0000000
--- a/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0-icu_no_spam.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff -up qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0/src/corelib/tools/qlocale_icu.cpp.icu_no_spam qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0/src/corelib/tools/qlocale_icu.cpp
---- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0/src/corelib/tools/qlocale_icu.cpp.icu_no_spam	2011-12-07 23:06:03.000000000 -0600
-+++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0/src/corelib/tools/qlocale_icu.cpp	2011-12-20 10:20:19.659502966 -0600
-@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ bool qt_initIcu(const QString &localeStr
-         // resolve libicui18n
-         QLibrary lib(QLatin1String("icui18n"), QLatin1String(U_ICU_VERSION_SHORT));
-         if (!lib.load()) {
--            qWarning() << "Unable to load library icui18n" << lib.errorString();
-+        //  qWarning() << "Unable to load library icui18n" << lib.errorString();
-             status = ErrorLoading;
-             return false;
-         }
-@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ bool qt_initIcu(const QString &localeStr
-         // resolve libicuuc
-         QLibrary ucLib(QLatin1String("icuuc"), QLatin1String(U_ICU_VERSION_SHORT));
-         if (!ucLib.load()) {
--            qWarning() << "Unable to load library icuuc" << ucLib.errorString();
-+        //  qWarning() << "Unable to load library icuuc" << ucLib.errorString();
-             status = ErrorLoading;
-             return false;
-         }
diff --git a/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.1-icu_no_debug.patch b/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.1-icu_no_debug.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddf3184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.1-icu_no_debug.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff -up qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.1/src/corelib/tools/qlocale_icu.cpp.icu_no_spam qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.1/src/corelib/tools/qlocale_icu.cpp
+--- qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.1/src/corelib/tools/qlocale_icu.cpp.icu_no_spam	2012-03-14 09:01:17.000000000 -0500
++++ qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.1/src/corelib/tools/qlocale_icu.cpp	2012-04-17 07:30:01.652251482 -0500
+@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ bool qt_initIcu(const QString &localeStr
+         // resolve libicui18n
+         QLibrary lib(QLatin1String("icui18n"), QLatin1String(U_ICU_VERSION_SHORT));
+         if (!lib.load()) {
++#ifndef QT_NO_DEBUG
+             qWarning() << "Unable to load library icui18n" << lib.errorString();
++#endif
+             status = ErrorLoading;
+             return false;
+         }
+@@ -112,7 +114,9 @@ bool qt_initIcu(const QString &localeStr
+         // resolve libicuuc
+         QLibrary ucLib(QLatin1String("icuuc"), QLatin1String(U_ICU_VERSION_SHORT));
+         if (!ucLib.load()) {
++#ifndef QT_NO_DEBUG
+             qWarning() << "Unable to load library icuuc" << ucLib.errorString();
++#endif
+             status = ErrorLoading;
+             return false;
+         }
diff --git a/qt.spec b/qt.spec
index 5a89451..5052d2c 100644
--- a/qt.spec
+++ b/qt.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Summary: Qt toolkit
 Name:    qt
 Epoch:   1
 Version: 4.8.1
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 
 # See LGPL_EXCEPTIONS.txt, LICENSE.GPL3, respectively, for exception details
 License: (LGPLv2 with exceptions or GPLv3 with exceptions) and ASL 2.0 and BSD and FTL and MIT
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ Patch23: qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.3-glib_eventloop_nullcheck.patch
 # workaround for a MOC issue with Boost 1.48 headers (#756395)
 Patch24: qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0-rc1-moc-boost148.patch
 
+# hack out largely useless (to users) warnings about qdbusconnection
+# (often in kde apps), keep an eye on https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/103699/
+Patch25: qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.1-qdbusconnection_no_debug.patch
+
 ## upstreamable bits
 # fix invalid inline assembly in qatomic_{i386,x86_64}.h (de)ref implementations
 Patch53: qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.0-fix-qatomic-inline-asm.patch
@@ -93,8 +97,8 @@ Patch75: qt-ppc64-crash.patch
 # add missing method for QBasicAtomicPointer on s390(x)
 Patch76: qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0-s390-atomic.patch
 
-# don't spam if libicu is not present at runtime
-Patch77:  qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0-icu_no_spam.patch
+# don't spam in release/no_debug mode if libicu is not present at runtime
+Patch77:  qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.1-icu_no_debug.patch
 
 # fix qvfb build
 Patch79: qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0-qvfb.patch
@@ -415,6 +419,7 @@ rm -fv mkspecs/linux-g++*/qmake.conf.multilib-optflags
 %patch15 -p1 -b .enable_ft_lcdfilter
 %patch23 -p1 -b .glib_eventloop_nullcheck
 %patch24 -p1 -b .moc-boost148
+%patch25 -p1 -b .qdbusconnection_no_debug.patch
 ## TODO: still worth carrying?  if so, upstream it.
 %patch53 -p1 -b .qatomic-inline-asm
 ## TODO: upstream me
@@ -435,7 +440,7 @@ rm -fv mkspecs/linux-g++*/qmake.conf.multilib-optflags
 %patch74 -p1 -b .tds_no_strict_aliasing
 %patch75 -p1 -b .ppc64-crash
 %patch76 -p1 -b .s390-atomic
-%patch77 -p1 -b .icu_no_spam
+%patch77 -p1 -b .icu_no_debug
 %patch79 -p1 -b .qvfb
 %patch80 -p1 -b .ld.gold
 %patch81 -p1 -b .gcc-4.7
@@ -1067,6 +1072,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 17 2012 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 4.8.1-6
+- omit qdbusconnection warnings in release/no-debug mode
+
 * Tue Apr 03 2012 Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik@redhat.com> - 4.8.1-5
 - Fix a crash in cursorToX() when new block is added (QTBUG-24718)