diff --git a/pulseaudio-7.0-localedir.patch b/pulseaudio-7.0-localedir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d4b295..0000000
--- a/pulseaudio-7.0-localedir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff -up pulseaudio-7.0/configure.ac.localedir pulseaudio-7.0/configure.ac
---- pulseaudio-7.0/configure.ac.localedir	2015-09-16 21:47:47.000000000 -0500
-+++ pulseaudio-7.0/configure.ac	2015-09-27 18:11:47.719668163 -0500
-@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ AC_SUBST([GETTEXT_PACKAGE])
- AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([GETTEXT_PACKAGE],["$GETTEXT_PACKAGE"],[Gettext package])
- 
- pulselocaledir='${prefix}/${DATADIRNAME}/locale'
--AX_DEFINE_DIR(PULSE_LOCALEDIR, pulselocaledir, [Gettext locale dir])
-+AX_DEFINE_DIR(PULSE_LOCALEDIR, localedir, [Gettext locale dir])
- else
- # workaround till an intltool m4 bug is fixed upstream
- # (https://bugs.launchpad.net/intltool/+bug/904647)
-diff -up pulseaudio-7.0/configure.localedir pulseaudio-7.0/configure
---- pulseaudio-7.0/configure.localedir	2015-09-27 18:04:46.606210648 -0500
-+++ pulseaudio-7.0/configure	2015-09-27 18:10:17.603152941 -0500
-@@ -8939,7 +8939,7 @@ pulselocaledir='${prefix}/${DATADIRNAME}
-   exec_prefix_NONE=
-   test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix_NONE=yes && prefix=$ac_default_prefix
-   test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_prefix_NONE=yes && exec_prefix=$prefix
--  eval ax_define_dir="\"$pulselocaledir\""
-+  eval ax_define_dir="\"$localedir\""
-   eval ax_define_dir="\"$ax_define_dir\""
-   PULSE_LOCALEDIR="$ax_define_dir"
- 
diff --git a/pulseaudio.spec b/pulseaudio.spec
index 81e64ce..346e3a8 100644
--- a/pulseaudio.spec
+++ b/pulseaudio.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-%global pa_major   7.1
-#global pa_minor
+%global pa_major   7.99
+%global pa_minor   1
 
 #global snap       20141103
 #global gitrel     327
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ Patch1: pulseaudio-autostart.patch
 ## upstream patches
 
 ## upstreamable patches
-# https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92142
-Patch50: pulseaudio-7.0-localedir.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  automake libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(bash-completion)
@@ -229,9 +227,6 @@ This package contains GDM integration hooks for the PulseAudio sound server.
 %setup -q -T -b0 -n %{name}-%{version}%{?gitrel:-%{gitrel}-g%{shortcommit}}
 
 %patch1 -p1 -b .autostart
-%patch50 -p1 -b .localedir
-# avoid re-autoconf'ing from patch50
-touch configure.ac --reference=configure.ac.localedir
 
 sed -i.no_consolekit -e \
   's/^load-module module-console-kit/#load-module module-console-kit/' \
@@ -562,6 +557,9 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 28 2015 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 7.99.1
+- pulseaudio-7.99.1 (8.0 rc1)
+
 * Sat Oct 31 2015 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 7.1-1
 - pulseaudio-7.1 (#1276811)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 160b8ff..4b54d27 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-9d0a9817b632cac8e3f3834d7eb1c99d  pulseaudio-7.1.tar.xz
-b553082c311808f844d8ccedf7b08ef4  pulseaudio-7.1.tar.xz.md5
-759198e3e0e55311ba1bcb85f859e97c  pulseaudio-7.1.tar.xz.sha1
+257bf53e4cb00227d7d1abb964655c7c  pulseaudio-7.99.1.tar.xz
+a3627182255bf2aa24d3057684214451  pulseaudio-7.99.1.tar.xz.md5
+4423c108548b88dcd8ff745ea355ad91  pulseaudio-7.99.1.tar.xz.sha1