diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d6dd3fb..5f8da3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@
 /lld-8.0.0rc3.src.tar.xz
 /lld-8.0.0rc4.src.tar.xz
 /lld-8.0.0.src.tar.xz
+/lld-9.0.0rc2.src.tar.xz
+/lld-9.0.0rc3.src.tar.xz
diff --git a/0001-lld-Prefer-using-the-newest-installed-python-version.patch b/0001-lld-Prefer-using-the-newest-installed-python-version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c8499d2..0000000
--- a/0001-lld-Prefer-using-the-newest-installed-python-version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From 39ce39a20a0854380997df7912e739b6c348f8a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Tom Stellard <tstellar@redhat.com>
-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:59:06 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] [lld] Prefer using the newest installed python version rather
- than 2.7
-
-This only affects the lit tests, which seem to pass fine with python3.
----
- CMakeLists.txt | 1 -
- 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 087377d..6e5f2a7 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
-   include(HandleLLVMOptions)
- 
-   if(LLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS)
--    set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 2.7)
-     include(FindPythonInterp)
-     if(NOT PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
-       message(FATAL_ERROR
--- 
-1.8.3.1
-
diff --git a/lld.spec b/lld.spec
index 3385ae3..fb49070 100644
--- a/lld.spec
+++ b/lld.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-#%%global rc_ver 4
+%global rc_ver 3
+%global baserelease 0.1
 %global lld_srcdir lld-%{version}%{?rc_ver:rc%{rc_ver}}.src
 
 Name:		lld
-Version:	8.0.0
-Release:	3%{?rc_ver:.rc%{rc_ver}}%{?dist}
+Version:	9.0.0
+Release:	%{baserelease}%{?rc_ver:.rc%{rc_ver}}%{?dist}
 Summary:	The LLVM Linker
 
 License:	NCSA
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ URL:		http://llvm.org
 Source0:	http://%{?rc_ver:pre}releases.llvm.org/%{version}/%{?rc_ver:rc%{rc_ver}}/%{lld_srcdir}.tar.xz
 
 Patch0:		0001-CMake-Check-for-gtest-headers-even-if-lit.py-is-not-.patch
-Patch1:		0001-lld-Prefer-using-the-newest-installed-python-version.patch
 
 BuildRequires:	gcc
 BuildRequires:	gcc-c++
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ make -C %{_target_platform} %{?_smp_mflags} check-lld
 %{_libdir}/liblld*.so.*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 22 2019 Tom Stellard <tstellar@redhat.com> - 9.0.0-0.1.rc3
+- 9.0.0-rc3 Release
+
 * Tue Aug 20 2019 Tom Stellard <tstellar@redhat.com> - 8.0.0-3
 - touch /usr/bin/ld as required by the packaging guidelines for
   update-alternatives
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 534e0e7..2efea5b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (lld-8.0.0.src.tar.xz) = 43b671546f26a2293c27496584fcae43a99caabfffdbc7f72e06689e489005215b9a8607a4dc66a5469b3139d362486a46d1fbbdc2c657195fd3d3f1a72d2fa0
+SHA512 (lld-9.0.0rc3.src.tar.xz) = e55d1c863b69193bb6d984b875998867fbc5b34c7f690d690a8f9c6c6d61bfbb2f15195aa55e77c46f48034da0b11e8da5ab5bf5276b7d92f0927b26f75679a0