diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e88afbe..4ceffe7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ brltty-4.2.tar.gz
 /brltty-5.5.tar.xz
 /brltty-5.6.tar.xz
 /brltty-6.0.tar.xz
+/brltty-6.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/brltty-6.0-alsa-1.1.9-fix.patch b/brltty-6.0-alsa-1.1.9-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ae61d9d..0000000
--- a/brltty-6.0-alsa-1.1.9-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Programs/midi_alsa.c b/Programs/midi_alsa.c
-index 10a6afc..c52ee30 100644
---- a/Programs/midi_alsa.c
-+++ b/Programs/midi_alsa.c
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
- 
- #include "prologue.h"
- 
--#include <asoundlib.h>
-+#include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
- 
- #include "log.h"
- #include "parse.h"
-diff --git a/Programs/pcm_alsa.c b/Programs/pcm_alsa.c
-index e04b1ea..82e12f1 100644
---- a/Programs/pcm_alsa.c
-+++ b/Programs/pcm_alsa.c
-@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
- #include "prologue.h"
- 
- #define ALSA_PCM_NEW_HW_PARAMS_API
--#include <asoundlib.h>
-+#include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
- 
- #include "log.h"
- #include "timing.h"
diff --git a/brltty.spec b/brltty.spec
index 76c527c..623b71d 100644
--- a/brltty.spec
+++ b/brltty.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-%define pkg_version 6.0
-%define api_version 0.7.0
+%define pkg_version 6.1
+%define api_version 0.8.0
 
 %if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 7
 # disable python3 by default
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 Name: brltty
 Version: %{pkg_version}
-Release: 14%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 URL: http://brltty.app/
 Source0: http://brltty.app/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ Source1: brltty.service
 Patch1: brltty-6.0-loadLibrary.patch
 # libspeechd.h moved in latest speech-dispatch (NOT sent upstream)
 Patch2: brltty-5.0-libspeechd.patch
-Patch3: brltty-6.0-alsa-1.1.9-fix.patch
 Summary: Braille display driver for Linux/Unix
 BuildRequires: byacc, glibc-kernheaders, bluez-libs-devel, systemd
 BuildRequires: gettext, at-spi2-core-devel, alsa-lib-devel
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ BuildRequires: espeak-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires: espeak-ng-devel
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/2to3
-BuildRequires: autoconf
+BuildRequires: autoconf automake
 
 Requires: brlapi%{?_isa} = %{api_version}-%{release}
 # work around a bug in the install process:
@@ -230,7 +229,6 @@ mv %{name}-%{version} python2
 pushd python2
 %patch1 -p1 -b .loadLibrary
 %patch2 -p1 -b .libspeechd
-%patch3 -p1 -b .alsa-1.1.9-fix
 
 # remove packaged binary file
 rm -f Programs/brltty-ktb
@@ -445,7 +443,7 @@ fi
 %endif
 %license LICENSE-LGPL
 %doc %{_mandir}/man[15]/brltty.*
-%{_sysconfdir}/X11/Xsession.d/60xbrlapi
+%{_sysconfdir}/X11/Xsession.d/90xbrlapi
 #%%{_datadir}/metainfo/org.a11y.brltty.metainfo.xml
 %{_datadir}/polkit-1/actions/org.a11y.brlapi.policy
 
@@ -528,6 +526,9 @@ fi
 %config(noreplace) %verify(not size md5 mtime) %{_sysconfdir}/brltty/Initramfs/cmdline
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 06 2020 Gwyn Ciesla <gwync@protonmail.com> - 6.1-1
+- 6.1
+
 * Thu Apr 02 2020 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 6.0-14
 - Update all OCaml dependencies for RPM 4.16.
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e67aba5..eddbcfc 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (brltty-6.0.tar.xz) = 07344fa902ad169967ca39d19b09dfea24e698011031dd63dce3eb997a4cb86622ee9427b216976b3ef60e5cbabb710a621621447c6bfa2313748fc1a1cf4b06
+SHA512 (brltty-6.1.tar.xz) = 030ef60ef7a9a60dc2fba2a64ea0a0868395eee6f2f86876b4e4111e804a05b44f798a154a69a8f5e0f6358130993c360a550f7decac0535450f9cf939231eaf