diff --git a/xfdesktop-4.10.3-backdrop-change-fix.patch b/xfdesktop-4.10.3-backdrop-change-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 068bde7..0000000
--- a/xfdesktop-4.10.3-backdrop-change-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur xfdesktop-4.10.3.org/common/xfdesktop-common.c xfdesktop-4.10.3/common/xfdesktop-common.c
---- xfdesktop-4.10.3.org/common/xfdesktop-common.c	2014-11-16 07:20:57.000000000 +0100
-+++ xfdesktop-4.10.3/common/xfdesktop-common.c	2014-12-11 08:58:23.511865532 +0100
-@@ -102,26 +102,38 @@
-     items = 0;
-     files = g_strsplit(contents, "\n", -1);
- 
-+    g_free(contents); /* not needed anymore */
-+
-     /* Since the first line is the file identifier, we need to skip it.
-      * Additionally, we want to skip blank lines. */
--    for(i = 1; files[i] != NULL; i++) {
--        if(g_strcmp0(files[i], "") != 0) {
--            g_free(files[items]);
--            files[items] = g_strdup(files[i]);
--            DBG("files[items] %s", files[items]);
--            items++;
-+
-+     /* a file with just the header will have only one line */
-+
-+    if(files[0] != NULL)
-+    {
-+        g_free(files[0]);   /* that's the only non-empty line we need to remove */
-+        files[0] = NULL;
-+        for(i = 1; files[i] != NULL; i++) {
-+            if(g_strcmp0(files[i], "") != 0) {
-+                files[items]=files[i];  /* move the string to the current item slot */
-+
-+                items++;
-+            } else { 
-+                g_free(files[i]);   /* free the irrelevant empty string */
-+            }
-         }
-+        files[items] = NULL; /* set the sentinel */
-+
-+        /* resize */
-+        
-+        files = g_realloc(files, sizeof(gchar *) * (items+1));
-     }
--    files[items+1] = NULL;
- 
--    files = g_realloc(files, sizeof(gchar *) * (items+1));
- 
-     DBG("items %d", items);
-     if(n_items)
-         *n_items = items;
- 
--    g_free(contents);
--
-     return files;
- }
- 
diff --git a/xfdesktop-4.9.3-backdrop-image.patch b/xfdesktop-4.9.3-backdrop-image.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e7456dd..0000000
--- a/xfdesktop-4.9.3-backdrop-image.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nur xfdesktop-4.9.3.orig/common/xfdesktop-common.h xfdesktop-4.9.3/common/xfdesktop-common.h
---- xfdesktop-4.9.3.orig/common/xfdesktop-common.h	2012-04-14 02:00:51.000000000 -0600
-+++ xfdesktop-4.9.3/common/xfdesktop-common.h	2012-04-14 14:12:58.292166992 -0600
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
- #include <X11/Xlib.h>
- 
- #define XFDESKTOP_CHANNEL        "xfce4-desktop"
--#define DEFAULT_BACKDROP         DATADIR "/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-blue.jpg"
-+#define DEFAULT_BACKDROP         DATADIR "/backgrounds/images/default.png"
- #define DEFAULT_BACKDROP_LIST    "xfce4/desktop/backdrop.list"
- #define DEFAULT_ICON_FONT_SIZE   12
- #define DEFAULT_ICON_SIZE        32
diff --git a/xfdesktop.spec b/xfdesktop.spec
index b5a3129..2dfc662 100644
--- a/xfdesktop.spec
+++ b/xfdesktop.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           xfdesktop
 Version:        4.16.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Desktop manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment
 
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ URL:            http://www.xfce.org/
 #VCS: git:git://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop
 Source0:        http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/%{name}/%{xfceversion}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
-BuildRequires: make
+BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libxfce4ui-devel >= %{xfceversion}
 BuildRequires:  gettext
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ This package includes a desktop manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment.
 %setup -q
 
 # change default background for Fedora
-sed -i 's|/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-stripes.png|/backgrounds/images/default.png|' common/xfdesktop-common.h
+sed -i 's|/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-verticals.png|/backgrounds/images/default.png|' common/xfdesktop-common.h
 
 %build
 %configure
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ desktop-file-validate \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 26 2021 Mukundan Ragavan <nonamedotc@fedoraproject.org> - 4.16.0-3
+- Apply fedora default background correctly
+
 * Thu Jan 28 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.16.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild