diff --git a/nghttp2-1.7.0-gcc6.patch b/nghttp2-1.7.0-gcc6.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bb898b..0000000
--- a/nghttp2-1.7.0-gcc6.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-From 74bbd628eb904b8aa4d6258692d581edfe3865e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa <tatsuhiro.t@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 18:41:27 +0900
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix compile error with gcc-6 which enables C++14 by default
-
-Upstream-commit: 4e44fccdcf1d0fea6a8cd88916040e06fc75d9db
-Signed-off-by: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
----
- src/template.h | 4 ++++
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/template.h b/src/template.h
-index 0346034..b5862d5 100644
---- a/src/template.h
-+++ b/src/template.h
-@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
- 
- namespace nghttp2 {
- 
-+#if __cplusplus > 201103L
-+using std::make_unique;
-+#else  // __cplusplus <= 201103L
- template <typename T, typename... U>
- typename std::enable_if<!std::is_array<T>::value, std::unique_ptr<T>>::type
- make_unique(U &&... u) {
-@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ typename std::enable_if<std::is_array<T>::value, std::unique_ptr<T>>::type
- make_unique(size_t size) {
-   return std::unique_ptr<T>(new typename std::remove_extent<T>::type[size]());
- }
-+#endif // __cplusplus <= 201103L
- 
- // std::forward is constexpr since C++14
- template <typename... T>
--- 
-2.5.0
-
diff --git a/nghttp2.spec b/nghttp2.spec
index 86391e1..01468ff 100644
--- a/nghttp2.spec
+++ b/nghttp2.spec
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 Summary: Experimental HTTP/2 client, server and proxy
 Name: nghttp2
-Version: 1.7.1
+Version: 1.8.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: MIT
 Group: Applications/Internet
 URL: https://nghttp2.org/
 Source0: https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t/nghttp2/releases/download/v%{version}/nghttp2-%{version}.tar.xz
 
-# make the package compile with gcc-6
-Patch1: nghttp2-1.7.0-gcc6.patch
-
 BuildRequires: CUnit-devel
 BuildRequires: libev-devel
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel
@@ -43,7 +40,6 @@ for building applications with libnghttp2.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch1 -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -105,6 +101,9 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} check
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 25 2016 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> 1.8.0-1
+- update to the latest upstream release
+
 * Thu Feb 11 2016 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> 1.7.1-1
 - update to the latest upstream release (fixes CVE-2016-1544)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ad8b612..3427651 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0c25a963e4d1023da7f3b1a325d57737  nghttp2-1.7.1.tar.xz
+d1d369450511479c388494dbcb2ba5c7  nghttp2-1.8.0.tar.xz