diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac694b0..cfcb324 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 /wgrib2_nolib.tgz.v1.9.6a
 /wgrib2_nolib.tgz.v1.9.7
 /wgrib2_nolib.tgz.v1.9.7a
+/wgrib2_nolib.tgz.v1.9.8
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0ed2bed..35fec1c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3c89cf47f6918d36961fb201a7a7194b  wgrib2_nolib.tgz.v1.9.7a
+6341cee894656ef41c8d964a53af2070  wgrib2_nolib.tgz.v1.9.8
diff --git a/wgrib2.spec b/wgrib2.spec
index 6d26497..abc828c 100644
--- a/wgrib2.spec
+++ b/wgrib2.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           wgrib2
-Version:        1.9.7a
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        1.9.8
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Manipulate, inventory and decode GRIB2 files
 
 Group:          Applications/Engineering
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Source0:        http://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wd51we/wgrib2/wgrib2_nolib.tgz.v%{v
 Source1:        config.h
 # Disable gctpc for now - bundled library
 Patch0:         wgrib2-nogctpc.patch
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  g2clib-static, zlib-devel, netcdf-devel
 BuildRequires:  mysql-devel
@@ -37,22 +36,20 @@ make
 
 
 %install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
 install wgrib2/wgrib2 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/wgrib2
 
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc README wgrib2/LICENSE-wgrib2
 %{_bindir}/wgrib2
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 13 2013 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 1.9.8-1
+- Update to 1.9.8
+- Specfile cleanup
+
 * Fri Feb 15 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.9.7a-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild