diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9e1f319..7288c2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /clog
 /scidavis-1.22.tar.gz
+/scidavis-1.23.tar.gz
diff --git a/scidavis-fix_manpage_path.patch b/scidavis-fix_manpage_path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 31616ca..0000000
--- a/scidavis-fix_manpage_path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur a/scidavis/scidavis.pro b/scidavis/scidavis.pro
---- a/scidavis/scidavis.pro	2017-10-23 02:39:23.000000000 +0300
-+++ b/scidavis/scidavis.pro	2017-10-24 03:28:41.328047975 +0300
-@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
- 	mime_package.path = "$$INSTALLBASE/share/mime/packages"
- 
- 	man_page.files = scidavis.1
--	man_page.path = "$$INSTALLBASE/share/man/man1/scidavis.1"
-+	man_page.path = "$$INSTALLBASE/share/man/man1"
- 
- 	#deprecated
- 	mime_link.files = x-sciprj.desktop
diff --git a/scidavis-fix_paste_behavior.patch b/scidavis-fix_paste_behavior.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 82b3237..0000000
--- a/scidavis-fix_paste_behavior.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur a/libscidavis/src/future/table/future_Table.cpp b/libscidavis/src/future/table/future_Table.cpp
---- a/libscidavis/src/future/table/future_Table.cpp	2017-10-23 01:39:23.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/libscidavis/src/future/table/future_Table.cpp	2018-03-10 11:49:59.684254602 +0100
-@@ -473,23 +473,46 @@
- 
- 		rows = last_row - first_row + 1;
- 		cols = last_col - first_col + 1;
--		for(int r=0; r<rows && r<input_row_count; r++)
-+		if ((d_view->formulaModeActive()) || (d_view->hasMultiSelection()))
- 		{
--			for(int c=0; c<cols && c<input_col_count; c++)
-+			for(int r=0; r<rows && r<input_row_count; r++)
- 			{
--				if(d_view->isCellSelected(first_row + r, first_col + c) && (c < cell_texts.at(r).count()) )
-+				for(int c=0; c<cols && c<input_col_count; c++)
- 				{
--					Column * col_ptr = d_table_private->column(first_col + c);
--					if (d_view->formulaModeActive())
-+					if(d_view->isCellSelected(first_row + r, first_col + c) && (c < cell_texts.at(r).count()) )
- 					{
-+						Column * col_ptr = d_table_private->column(first_col + c);
- 						col_ptr->setFormula(first_row + r, cell_texts.at(r).at(c));  
- 						col_ptr->setInvalid(first_row + r, false);
- 					}
--					else
--						col_ptr->asStringColumn()->setTextAt(first_row+r, cell_texts.at(r).at(c));
- 				}
- 			}
- 		}
-+		else
-+		{
-+			QList< QStringList > cols_texts;
-+			// transpose clipboard data to use replaceTexts
-+			for (int c=0; c<input_col_count; c++)
-+			{
-+				QStringList cur_column;
-+				for (int r=0; r<input_row_count; r++)
-+				{
-+					if (c < cell_texts.at(r).size()) {
-+						cur_column << cell_texts.at(r).at(c);
-+					} else {
-+						cur_column << QString();
-+					}
-+				}
-+				cols_texts << cur_column;
-+			}
-+
-+			for (int c=0; c<cols && c<input_col_count; c++)
-+			{
-+				Column * col_ptr = d_table_private->column(first_col + c);
-+				col_ptr->asStringColumn()->replaceTexts(first_row, cols_texts.at(c).mid(0,rows));
-+			}
-+		}
-+
- 		recalculateSelectedCells();
- 	}
- 	endMacro();
-diff -Naur a/libscidavis/src/future/table/TableView.cpp b/libscidavis/src/future/table/TableView.cpp
---- a/libscidavis/src/future/table/TableView.cpp	2017-10-23 01:39:23.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/libscidavis/src/future/table/TableView.cpp	2018-03-10 11:50:13.296680742 +0100
-@@ -799,6 +799,28 @@
- 	return result;
- }
- 
-+bool TableView::hasMultiSelection()
-+{
-+	QModelIndexList indexes = d_view_widget->selectionModel()->selectedIndexes();
-+	if (indexes.size() < 2)
-+		return false;
-+
-+	QModelIndex index;
-+	int minrow = indexes.at(0).row();
-+	int maxrow = minrow;
-+	int mincol = indexes.at(0).column();
-+	int maxcol = mincol;
-+	foreach (index, indexes)
-+	{
-+		minrow = std::min(minrow, index.row());
-+		maxrow = std::max(maxrow, index.row());
-+		mincol = std::min(mincol, index.column());
-+		maxcol = std::max(maxcol, index.column());
-+	}
-+	int spanned = (maxrow-minrow+1)*(maxcol-mincol+1);
-+	return (spanned > d_view_widget->selectionModel()->selectedIndexes().size());
-+}
-+
- bool TableView::isCellSelected(int row, int col)
- {
- 	if(row < 0 || col < 0 || row >= d_table->rowCount() || col >= d_table->columnCount()) return false;
-diff -Naur a/libscidavis/src/future/table/TableView.h b/libscidavis/src/future/table/TableView.h
---- a/libscidavis/src/future/table/TableView.h	2017-10-23 01:39:23.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/libscidavis/src/future/table/TableView.h	2018-03-10 11:50:06.590426742 +0100
-@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
- 		int lastSelectedRow(bool full = false);
- 		//! Get the complete set of selected rows.
- 		IntervalAttribute<bool> selectedRows(bool full = false);
-+		//! Return whether multiple regions are selected
-+		bool hasMultiSelection();
- 		//! Return whether a cell is selected
- 		bool isCellSelected(int row, int col);
- 		//! Select/Deselect a cell
diff --git a/scidavis.spec b/scidavis.spec
index 934adce..d18ee8d 100644
--- a/scidavis.spec
+++ b/scidavis.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global pluginversion 1.0.0
 
 Name:           scidavis
-Version:        1.22
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Version:        1.23
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Application for Scientific Data Analysis and Visualization
 
 License:        GPLv3+
@@ -10,12 +10,8 @@ URL:            http://scidavis.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # enable after liborigin-3.0.0 release
 #Patch0:         fedora-rpm-with-system-liborigin3.patch
-# remove nextrelease
+# remove when Python stuff are updated upstream
 Patch1:         scidavis-set_python_path.patch
-# remove nextrelease
-Patch2:         scidavis-fix_manpage_path.patch
-# remove nextrelease
-Patch3:         scidavis-fix_paste_behavior.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
@@ -67,13 +63,9 @@ This module provides SciDAVis bindings to the Python2 programming language.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
 # enable after liborigin-3.0.0 release
-#%patch0 -p1
+#%%patch0 -p1
 #rm -rf 3rdparty/liborigin
 %patch1 -p0
-# remove nextrelease
-%patch2 -p1
-# remove when merged upstream
-%patch3 -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -87,7 +79,7 @@ This module provides SciDAVis bindings to the Python2 programming language.
 
 %install
 make INSTALL_ROOT="%{buildroot}" install
-install -pm 644 CHANGES %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}/
+install -pm 644 ChangeLog.md %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}/
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/{%{name}/translations,applications,mime/packages,appdata}
 cp -p %{name}/translations/*.qm %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/translations/
@@ -132,6 +124,10 @@ appstream-util validate-relax --nonet %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/*.appdata.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 04 2018 Alexander Ploumistos <alexpl@fedoraproject.org> - 1.23-1
+- Update to 1.23
+- Remove unneeded patches
+
 * Sat Mar 10 2018 Alexander Ploumistos <alexpl@fedoraproject.org> - 1.22-6
 - Restore upstream intended paste behavior
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 82726a2..b81308f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (scidavis-1.22.tar.gz) = 07d94b2f8a05f28d2d461ee6109397a648bfcdcd479fca886771ad04ef8e21bfb1703891077c67a0a4a4dca5b1c31bc7029e33ebd982425a41efce42fa3319b6
+SHA512 (scidavis-1.23.tar.gz) = b221ce0892e4291d8efd944b3f5632f20863c311189f6eadee878d902b7e0a784ef429362c52f353f78f8c523792e10b4db5d9d14a379b2a6b13219bb25a6e09