diff --git a/go1.3beta3-tar-hardlink-fix.patch b/go1.3beta3-tar-hardlink-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a1b0bbd..0000000
--- a/go1.3beta3-tar-hardlink-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-commit a1d093d95dfb888e55f960943bd3ad3d181ec743
-Author: Vincent Batts <vbatts@hashbangbash.com>
-Date:   Mon Aug 3 12:26:38 2015 -0400
-
-    archive/tar: don't treat multiple file system links as a tar hardlink
-    
-    Do not assume that if stat shows multiple links that we should mark the
-    file as a hardlink in the tar format.  If the hardlink link was not
-    referenced, this caused a link to "/".  On an overlay file system, all
-    files have multiple links.
-    
-    The caller must keep the inode references and set TypeLink, Size = 0,
-    and LinkName themselves.
-    
-    Change-Id: I873b8a235bc8f8fbb271db74ee54232da36ca013
-    Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/13045
-    Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
-
-diff --git a/src/archive/tar/stat_unix.go b/src/archive/tar/stat_unix.go
-index 27d112f..cb843db 100644
---- a/src/archive/tar/stat_unix.go
-+++ b/src/archive/tar/stat_unix.go
-@@ -28,10 +28,5 @@ func statUnix(fi os.FileInfo, h *Header) error {
- 	h.AccessTime = statAtime(sys)
- 	h.ChangeTime = statCtime(sys)
- 	// TODO(bradfitz): major/minor device numbers?
--	if fi.Mode().IsRegular() && sys.Nlink > 1 {
--		h.Typeflag = TypeLink
--		h.Size = 0
--		// TODO(vbatts): Linkname?
--	}
- 	return nil
- }
diff --git a/go1.5beta2-increase-elfreserve-for-debug.patch b/go1.5beta2-increase-elfreserve-for-debug.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 55027df..0000000
--- a/go1.5beta2-increase-elfreserve-for-debug.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
-index cf52f2e..7cdb8c4 100644
---- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
-+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
-@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ var Elfstrdat []byte
-  * On FreeBSD, cannot be larger than a page.
-  */
- const (
--	ELFRESERVE = 3072
-+	ELFRESERVE = 3104
- )
- 
- /*
diff --git a/golang.spec b/golang.spec
index 3641f87..ecfc1f8 100644
--- a/golang.spec
+++ b/golang.spec
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@
 %endif
 
 %global go_api 1.5
-%global go_version 1.5beta3
+%global go_version 1.5rc1
 
 Name:           golang
 Version:        1.5
-Release:        0.9.beta3%{?dist}
+Release:        0.10.rc1%{?dist}
 Summary:        The Go Programming Language
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -78,14 +78,6 @@ Patch213:       go1.5beta1-disable-TestGdbPython.patch
 # this is not possible in the limitied build chroot
 Patch214:       go1.5beta2-disable-TestCloneNEWUSERAndRemapNoRootDisableSetgroups.patch
 
-# debuginfo doesn't fit in the 3072 reserved space for ELF headers
-# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248071
-Patch215:	golang/go1.5beta2-increase-elfreserve-for-debug.patch
-
-# upstream commit that fixes hardlinks in archive/tar
-# should be included in go1.5
-Patch216:       go1.3beta3-tar-hardlink-fix.patch
-
 # Having documentation separate was broken
 Obsoletes:      %{name}-docs < 1.1-4
 
@@ -221,12 +213,6 @@ end
 # disable TestCloneNEWUSERAndRemapNoRootDisableSetgroups
 %patch214 -p1
 
-# ELFRESERVE
-%patch215 -p1
-
-# archive/tar hardlinks
-%patch216 -p1
-
 %build
 # go1.5 bootstrapping. The compiler is written in golang.
 export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=%{goroot}
@@ -357,7 +343,7 @@ cd src
 CC="gcc" \
 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" \
 LDFLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS" \
-./run.bash --no-rebuild -v -k ||:
+./run.bash --no-rebuild -v -k
 cd ..
 
 
@@ -424,6 +410,10 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 06 2015 Vincent Batts <vbatts@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5-0.10.rc1
+- updating to go1.5rc1
+- checks are back in place
+
 * Tue Aug 04 2015 Vincent Batts <vbatts@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5-0.9.beta3
 - pull in upstream archive/tar fix