diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac2d5e7..f86c0ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ xfdesktop-4.6.2.tar.bz2
 /xfdesktop-4.14.2.tar.bz2
 /xfdesktop-4.14.3.tar.bz2
 /xfdesktop-4.16.0.tar.bz2
+/xfdesktop-4.16.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/3.patch b/3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cb6b839..0000000
--- a/3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-From 16f9c2b615ef891fc2d20a50f5d4ede0ead3d036 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Andre Miranda <andreldm@xfce.org>
-Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 21:18:24 -0300
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Set a pixmap XID, not the XID of the root window (#62)
-
----
- src/xfce-desktop.c | 8 +++++---
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/xfce-desktop.c b/src/xfce-desktop.c
-index 2da0c328..59834b9c 100644
---- a/src/xfce-desktop.c
-+++ b/src/xfce-desktop.c
-@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
- #include <gtk/gtk.h>
- #include <gio/gio.h>
- 
-+#include <cairo-xlib.h>
-+
- #ifdef ENABLE_DESKTOP_ICONS
- #include "xfdesktop-icon-view.h"
- #include "xfdesktop-window-icon-manager.h"
-@@ -316,13 +318,13 @@ set_real_root_window_surface(GdkScreen *gscreen,
-                              cairo_surface_t *surface)
- {
- #ifndef DISABLE_FOR_BUG7442
--    Window xid;
-+    Pixmap pixmap_id;
-     GdkDisplay *display;
-     GdkWindow *groot;
-     cairo_pattern_t *pattern;
- 
-     groot = gdk_screen_get_root_window(gscreen);
--    xid = GDK_WINDOW_XID(groot);
-+    pixmap_id = cairo_xlib_surface_get_drawable (surface);
- 
-     display = gdk_screen_get_display(gscreen);
-     gdk_x11_display_error_trap_push(display);
-@@ -331,7 +333,7 @@ set_real_root_window_surface(GdkScreen *gscreen,
-     gdk_property_change(groot,
-             gdk_atom_intern("_XROOTPMAP_ID", FALSE),
-             gdk_atom_intern("PIXMAP", FALSE), 32,
--            GDK_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, (guchar *)&xid, 1);
-+            GDK_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, (guchar *)&pixmap_id, 1);
-     /* and set the root window's BG surface, because aterm is somewhat lame. */
-     pattern = cairo_pattern_create_for_surface(surface);
- G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
--- 
-GitLab
-
-
-From 6ec922449bab5fceadcb8fce1a45962aaa4bf701 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Andre Miranda <andreldm@xfce.org>
-Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 21:18:48 -0300
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Do not delete property not set
-
-Not set since f4c2a90d89961e99d422cb59bb58322195976414
----
- src/xfce-desktop.c | 1 -
- 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/xfce-desktop.c b/src/xfce-desktop.c
-index 59834b9c..f1557d62 100644
---- a/src/xfce-desktop.c
-+++ b/src/xfce-desktop.c
-@@ -1273,7 +1273,6 @@ xfce_desktop_unrealize(GtkWidget *widget)
- 
- #ifndef DISABLE_FOR_BUG7442
-     gdk_property_delete(groot, gdk_atom_intern("_XROOTPMAP_ID", FALSE));
--    gdk_property_delete(groot, gdk_atom_intern("ESETROOT_PMAP_ID", FALSE));
- G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
-     gdk_window_set_background_pattern(groot, NULL);
- G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
--- 
-GitLab
-
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ab631b1..5e71725 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (xfdesktop-4.16.0.tar.bz2) = e62e5fb12997c3138fa36aed06388b921f5223ec09afbd22b622ef39bc421773acbf73606ffc3b38b5a01845678847cda43d193c8457608715cf750acd466129
+SHA512 (xfdesktop-4.16.1.tar.bz2) = 87e90c2946c80befc38bf724fff6a834d462c47439b727d172e766765d4e7e200a2415c271459b2e820b6d8425f7e92c928ba9a098e63473acf0e7369c122cfb
diff --git a/xfdesktop.spec b/xfdesktop.spec
index 01db5b0..1e11ce3 100644
--- a/xfdesktop.spec
+++ b/xfdesktop.spec
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 %global xfceversion 4.16
 
 Name:           xfdesktop
-Version:        4.16.0
+Version:        4.16.1
 Release:        %autorelease
 Summary:        Desktop manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment
 
 License:        GPLv2+
 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
-# already upstream patch to fix gkrelm crashes
-Patch1:         https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/merge_requests/3.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
@@ -33,16 +30,12 @@ Requires:       xfce4-panel >= %{xfceversion}
 Requires:       redhat-menus
 Requires:       desktop-backgrounds-compat
 
-
 %description
 This package includes a desktop manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment.
 
-
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
-%patch1 -p1
-
 # change default background for Fedora
 sed -i 's|/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-verticals.png|/backgrounds/images/default.png|' common/xfdesktop-common.h
 
@@ -52,13 +45,12 @@ sed -i 's|/backgrounds/xfce/xfce-verticals.png|/backgrounds/images/default.png|'
 %make_build
 
 %install
-
 %make_install
 
-find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
+find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 
 desktop-file-validate \
-    $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/applications/xfce-backdrop-settings.desktop
+    %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications/xfce-backdrop-settings.desktop
 
 %find_lang %{name}
 
@@ -72,6 +64,5 @@ desktop-file-validate \
 %{_datadir}/backgrounds/xfce
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
-
 %changelog
 %autochangelog