diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index da15255..e2956de 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-openbabel-2.1.0b6-20070301-r1814.tar.gz
+openbabel-2.1.0b8-20070324-r1898.tar.gz
diff --git a/openbabel-changelog.patch b/openbabel-changelog.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ca1c4cf..0000000
--- a/openbabel-changelog.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
---- openbabel-2.1.0b6/ChangeLog.cl	2007-03-01 01:05:01.000000000 +0100
-+++ openbabel-2.1.0b6/ChangeLog	2007-03-18 16:24:11.000000000 +0100
-@@ -760 +760 @@
--	Rathann Mierzejewski to check for src/.libs directories. Prevents
-+	Dominik Mierzejewski to check for src/.libs directories. Prevents
diff --git a/openbabel.spec b/openbabel.spec
index 6ed33e6..f474229 100644
--- a/openbabel.spec
+++ b/openbabel.spec
@@ -4,23 +4,24 @@
 %{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 
 %define inchi_ver 1.0.1
-%define inchi_rel 5
+%define inchi_rel 6
 
 Name: openbabel
 Version: 2.1.0
-Release: 0.2.b6%{?dist}
+Release: 0.3.b8%{?dist}
 Summary: Chemistry software file format converter
 License: GPL
 Group: Applications/File
 URL: http://openbabel.sourceforge.net/
-Source: http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/openbabel/%{name}-%{version}b6-20070301-r1814.tar.gz
-Patch: %{name}-changelog.patch
+Source: http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/openbabel/%{name}-%{version}b8-20070324-r1898.tar.gz
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: libtool
 BuildRequires: libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires: perl
 BuildRequires: python
 BuildRequires: python-devel
+#TODO: enable when GUI is functional
+#BuildRequires: wxGTK-devel
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel
 
 %description
@@ -92,8 +93,7 @@ Summary: Python wrapper for the Open Babel library
 Python wrapper for the Open Babel library.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n %{name}-2.1.0b6
-%patch -p1 -b .cl
+%setup -q -n %{name}-2.1.0b8
 
 %build
 autoreconf --force --install
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ popd
 
 %{__make} install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
-%{__rm} -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}{,/%{name}}/*.la
+%{__rm} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}{,/%{name}}/*.la
 
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_includedir}/inchi
 install -pm644 include/inchi_api.h $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_includedir}/inchi/
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ popd
 %{python_sitearch}/pybel.py*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 29 2007 Dominik Mierzejewski <rpm@greysector.net> 2.1.0-0.3.b8
+- updated to beta8
+- dropped upstream'd patch
+
 * Sun Mar 18 2007 Dominik Mierzejewski <rpm@greysector.net> 2.1.0-0.2.b6
 - updated to beta6
 - dropped upstream'd patch
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d69dbae..593ad39 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-b425ef8508f090c45078c0f266344a25  openbabel-2.1.0b6-20070301-r1814.tar.gz
+ff1d028df252bce7ac205f861dc63dc4  openbabel-2.1.0b8-20070324-r1898.tar.gz