diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 04282ad..1b20d02 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 libsigc++-2.2.4.2.tar.bz2
 /libsigc++-2.2.8.tar.bz2
+/libsigc++-2.2.9.tar.bz2
diff --git a/libsigc++20-gcc46.patch b/libsigc++20-gcc46.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 00d7dfd..0000000
--- a/libsigc++20-gcc46.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/sigc++/signal_base.h b/sigc++/signal_base.h
-index 1638642..e43bd5e 100644
---- a/sigc++/signal_base.h
-+++ b/sigc++/signal_base.h
-@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
- #ifndef _SIGC_SIGNAL_BASE_H_
- #define _SIGC_SIGNAL_BASE_H_
- 
-+#include <cstddef>
- #include <list>
- #include <sigc++config.h>
- #include <sigc++/type_traits.h>
diff --git a/libsigc++20.spec b/libsigc++20.spec
index abb10b9..0074976 100644
--- a/libsigc++20.spec
+++ b/libsigc++20.spec
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@
 %define release_version %(echo %{version} | awk -F. '{print $1"."$2}')
 
 Name:           libsigc++20
-Version:        2.2.8
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Version:        2.2.9
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Typesafe signal framework for C++
 
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://libsigc.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libsigc++/%{release_version}/libsigc++-%{version}.tar.bz2
-# fix compilation with GCC 4.6 (upstream ticket: GNOME BZ #641471)
-Patch0:         %{name}-gcc46.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  m4
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@ This package contains the full API documentation for %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n libsigc++-%{version}
-%patch0 -p1 -b .gcc46
 
 
 %build
@@ -96,6 +93,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 09 2011 Kalev Lember <kalev@smartlink.ee> - 2.2.9-1
+- Update to 2.2.9
+- Dropped upstreamed libsigc++20-gcc46.patch
+
 * Tue Mar 01 2011 Kalev Lember <kalev@smartlink.ee> - 2.2.8-4
 - Spec cleanup
 - Use macro for automatically calculating ftp directory name with
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b5a46cc..f1701e4 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1198425eab9fd605721a278c651b8dd8  libsigc++-2.2.8.tar.bz2
+16dc0c868aeef9ee5ef055f3e3e865d3  libsigc++-2.2.9.tar.bz2