diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e3023bf..8c6ea59 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ powerpc-utils-1.2.2.tar.gz
 /powerpc-utils-1.2.14.tar.gz
 /powerpc-utils-1.2.15.tar.gz
 /powerpc-utils-1.2.16.tar.gz
+/powerpc-utils-1.2.17.tar.gz
diff --git a/powerpc-utils-1.2.17-972606.patch b/powerpc-utils-1.2.17-972606.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f3dc3c2..0000000
--- a/powerpc-utils-1.2.17-972606.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-From ff981e0e652364d9b3a3262d315d87e26c772135 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
-Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:12:40 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] drmgr: Check for rpadlpar_io module
-
-When attempting to do slot or phb DLPAR we need to have the rpadlpar_io
-kernel module loaded. This patch updates the check made for slot and
-phb DLPAR capabilities to also load the module if it is not present.
-
-Signed-off-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
----
- src/drmgr/common.c | 12 ++++++++++++
- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/drmgr/common.c b/src/drmgr/common.c
-index e239587..dd6b28c 100644
---- a/src/drmgr/common.c
-+++ b/src/drmgr/common.c
-@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
- #include <dirent.h>
- #include <execinfo.h>
- #include <ctype.h>
-+#include <sys/wait.h>
- #include "dr.h"
- #include "ofdt.h"
- 
-@@ -1152,8 +1153,19 @@ mem_dlpar_capable(void)
- static int
- check_slot_phb_dlpar(const char *type)
- {
-+	struct stat sbuf;
- 	int rc;
- 
-+	/* Before checking for dlpar capability, we need to ensure that
-+	 * rpadlpar_io module is loaded or built into the kernel. This
-+	 * does make the checking a bit redundant though.
-+	 */
-+	if ((stat(dlpar_add_slot, &sbuf)) || (stat(DLPAR_ADD_SLOT2, &sbuf))) {
-+		rc = system("/sbin/modprobe rpadlpar_io");
-+		if (WIFEXITED(rc) && WEXITSTATUS(rc))
-+			say(ERROR, "rpadlpar_io module was not loaded\n");
-+	}
-+
- 	/* For unknown reasons the add_slot and remove_slot sysfs files
- 	 * used for dlpar operations started appearing with quotes around
- 	 * the filename.  So, this little hack exists to ensure nothing
--- 
-1.8.1.4
-
diff --git a/powerpc-utils.spec b/powerpc-utils.spec
index 626b86c..fe917af 100644
--- a/powerpc-utils.spec
+++ b/powerpc-utils.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           powerpc-utils
-Version:        1.2.16
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        1.2.17
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Utilities for PowerPC platforms
 
 Group:          System Environment/Base
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ ExclusiveArch:  ppc ppc64
 # This hack is needed only for platforms with autoconf < 2.63
 Patch0:		powerpc-utils-autoconf.patch
 Patch1:		powerpc-utils-1.2.15-man.patch
-Patch2:		powerpc-utils-1.2.17-972606.patch
 
 # This is done before release of F12
 Obsoletes:      powerpc-utils-papr < 1.1.6-3
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ Utilities for PowerPC platforms.
 %patch0 -p1 -b .aconf
 %endif
 %patch1 -p1 -b .man
-%patch2 -p1 -b .rpadlpar_io
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing"
@@ -127,6 +125,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %preun
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 20 2013 Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 1.2.17
+- Update to latest upstream 1.2.17
+
 * Sun Aug 04 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.16-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 93ee3ae..de18d58 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-bb49d80d53347185015f54f62bc20135  powerpc-utils-1.2.16.tar.gz
+4b5663b44bc8b4a7bae6ad297f1e8e9f  powerpc-utils-1.2.17.tar.gz