diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 51dd369..2e41862 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-mash-0.5.15.tar.gz
+mash-0.5.16.tar.gz
diff --git a/0001-Don-t-include-repodata-in-the-previous-path.patch b/0001-Don-t-include-repodata-in-the-previous-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 40ec383..0000000
--- a/0001-Don-t-include-repodata-in-the-previous-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From 0c185b62db9ae5f50a376f17d0d7da507d150226 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com>
-Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:45:55 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] Don't include "repodata" in the previous path.
-
-Createrepo already looks for the repodata/ directory and finds things
-within.  If we add the repodata directory to the previous_path name
-createrepo doesn't find any existing repodata to re-use.  This has
-slowed down composes likely since December of 2008.
----
- mash/__init__.py |    2 +-
- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/mash/__init__.py b/mash/__init__.py
-index 9357d37..fb94400 100644
---- a/mash/__init__.py
-+++ b/mash/__init__.py
-@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class Mash:
-             if self.config.previous:
-                 prefix = os.path.join(self.config.outputdir, self.config.name, "")
-                 suffix = repo_path.replace(prefix, "")
--                previous_path = os.path.join(self.config.previous, suffix, "repodata")
-+                previous_path = os.path.join(self.config.previous, suffix)
-             self.logger.info("createrepo: starting %s..." % (path,))
-             status = self._makeMetadata(repo_path, repocache, arch, comps, previous = previous_path)
- 
--- 
-1.7.0.1
-
diff --git a/mash.spec b/mash.spec
index f1fbc01..4bd0350 100644
--- a/mash.spec
+++ b/mash.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %{!?python_sitelib: %define python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
 
 Name:           mash
-Version:        0.5.15
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        0.5.16
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Koji buildsystem to yum repository converter
 Group:          Development/Tools
 License:        GPL
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Requires:       yum, createrepo, koji
 Conflicts:	pungi < 1.0.0
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildArch:      noarch
-Patch0:         0001-Don-t-include-repodata-in-the-previous-path.patch
 
 %description
 mash is a tool that queries a koji buildsystem for the latest RPMs for
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ any multlib RPMs that are necessary.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %{__python} setup.py build
@@ -46,8 +44,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /var/cache/mash
 
 %changelog
-* Tue Apr 20 2010 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com> - 0.5.15-2
-- Add a patch to correctly set previous repodata path
+* Wed Apr 21 2010 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> 0.5.16-1
+- fix use of prior repodata (<jkeating@redhat.com>)
 
 * Fri Apr 16 2010 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> 0.5.15-1
 - branched compose configuration tweaks
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0f7837f..eb61acc 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-31f2d56f02a0ca06690c21c1fa7deda9  mash-0.5.15.tar.gz
+c488dc6acfbcb47cb4a13a6113c768e2  mash-0.5.16.tar.gz