diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 5aea55d..65238f2 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-wxMaxima-0.8.3a.tar.gz
+wxMaxima-0.8.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d12c0e4..90ab089 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-23118fa17246fd898f1eefe61e0b3893  wxMaxima-0.8.3a.tar.gz
+b972743501298932bc0b0796c5489332  wxMaxima-0.8.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/wxMaxima-0.8.3a-ltr_layout.patch b/wxMaxima-0.8.3a-ltr_layout.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ee5da96..0000000
--- a/wxMaxima-0.8.3a-ltr_layout.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -up wxMaxima-0.8.3a/src/MathCtrl.cpp.ltr_layout wxMaxima-0.8.3a/src/MathCtrl.cpp
---- wxMaxima-0.8.3a/src/MathCtrl.cpp.ltr_layout	2009-07-29 11:10:32.000000000 -0500
-+++ wxMaxima-0.8.3a/src/MathCtrl.cpp	2009-10-25 21:44:12.939696128 -0500
-@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ MathCtrl::MathCtrl(wxWindow* parent, int
-   m_zoomFactor = 1.0; // set zoom to 100%
-   m_evaluationQueue = new EvaluationQueue();
-   AdjustSize();
-+  // hack to workaround problems in RtL locales, http://bugzilla.redhat.com/455863
-+  SetLayoutDirection(wxLayout_LeftToRight);
- }
- 
- MathCtrl::~MathCtrl() {
diff --git a/wxMaxima.spec b/wxMaxima.spec
index 8bc66c8..8f21296 100644
--- a/wxMaxima.spec
+++ b/wxMaxima.spec
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 Summary: Graphical user interface for Maxima 
 Name:    wxMaxima
-Version: 0.8.3a
-Release: 1%{?dist}.1
+Version: 0.8.4
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 License: GPLv2+
 Group:   Applications/Engineering
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ URL:     http://wxmaxima.sourceforge.net/
 Source0: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/wxmaxima/wxMaxima-%{version}.tar.gz 
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
-## upstreamable patches
-Patch50: wxMaxima-0.8.3a-ltr_layout.patch
-
 # Deployable only where maxima exsists.
 %if 0%{?fedora} > 8
 # reinclude ppc when fixed: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/448734
@@ -25,7 +22,7 @@ ExclusiveArch: %{ix86} x86_64 ppc sparcv9
 
 Provides: wxmaxima = %{version}-%{release}
 
-Requires: maxima >= 5.19
+Requires: maxima >= 5.20
 
 BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires: wxGTK-devel
@@ -41,8 +38,6 @@ Maxima using wxWidgets.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
-%patch50 -p1 -b .ltr_layout
-
 
 %build
 %configure \
@@ -106,6 +101,9 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &> /dev/null || :
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec 22 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.4-1
+- wxMaxima-0.8.4
+
 * Fri Nov 13 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.3a-1.1
 - Requires: maxima >= 5.19 (#521722)