diff --git a/bash.changes b/bash.changes
index 7fa89f87..bea30c75 100644
--- a/bash.changes
+++ b/bash.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr 26 16:04:15 UTC 2017 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Simplify patch readline-5.2-conf.patch 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 25 09:18:16 UTC 2017 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/readline-5.2-conf.patch b/readline-5.2-conf.patch
index 6db15d5d..552563fe 100644
--- a/readline-5.2-conf.patch
+++ b/readline-5.2-conf.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
- lib/readline/bind.c          |   49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
- lib/readline/doc/rluser.texi |    3 ++-
- lib/readline/rlconf.h        |    2 +-
- 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
+ lib/readline/bind.c          |   55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
+ lib/readline/doc/rluser.texi |    3 +-
+ lib/readline/rlconf.h        |    2 -
+ 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
 
 --- lib/readline/bind.c
-+++ lib/readline/bind.c	2006-11-13 16:20:23.000000000 +0000
++++ lib/readline/bind.c	2017-04-26 13:07:22.115249970 +0000
 @@ -826,6 +826,9 @@ rl_function_of_keyseq (keyseq, map, type
  /* The last key bindings file read. */
  static char *last_readline_init_file = (char *)NULL;
@@ -32,32 +32,29 @@
       4. /etc/inputrc
     If the file existed and could be opened and read, 0 is returned,
     otherwise errno is returned. */
-@@ -907,16 +913,37 @@ rl_read_init_file (filename)
-   if (filename == 0)
-     filename = last_readline_init_file;
+@@ -905,18 +911,39 @@ rl_read_init_file (filename)
+ {
+   /* Default the filename. */
    if (filename == 0)
+-    filename = last_readline_init_file;
+-  if (filename == 0)
 -    filename = sh_get_env_value ("INPUTRC");
+-  if (filename == 0 || *filename == 0)
 +    {
-+      filename = sh_get_env_value ("INPUTRC");
-+      if (filename && !strncmp(SYS_INPUTRC, filename, strlen(SYS_INPUTRC)))
-+	{
-+	  struct stat st;
-+	  char *default_inputrc = tilde_expand(DEFAULT_INPUTRC);
-+
-+	  if ((stat(default_inputrc, &st) == 0))
-+	    {
-+	      filename = DEFAULT_INPUTRC;
-+	      read_system_init_file = 1;
-+	    }
-+	  else
-+	    read_system_init_file = 0;
-+
-+	  free(default_inputrc);
++      filename = last_readline_init_file;
++      if (filename == 0)
++        {
++	  filename = sh_get_env_value ("INPUTRC");
++	  read_system_init_file = 0;
++	}
++      if (filename == 0)
++        {
++	  filename = DEFAULT_INPUTRC;
++	  read_system_init_file = 1;
 +	}
-+      else
-+	read_system_init_file = 1;
 +    }
-   if (filename == 0 || *filename == 0)
++
++  if (*filename == 0)
      {
        filename = DEFAULT_INPUTRC;
 -      /* Try to read DEFAULT_INPUTRC; fall back to SYS_INPUTRC on failure */
@@ -70,7 +67,15 @@
 +  sv_bell_style(sh_get_env_value("DEFAULT_BELL_STYLE"));
 +
 +  if (read_system_init_file)
-+    _rl_read_init_file (SYS_INPUTRC, 1);
++    if (filename == last_readline_init_file)
++      {
++	filename = savestring (filename);
++        _rl_read_init_file (SYS_INPUTRC, 0);
++	free (last_readline_init_file);
++	last_readline_init_file = filename;
++      }
++    else
++      _rl_read_init_file (SYS_INPUTRC, 0);
 +
  #if defined (__MSDOS__)
    if (_rl_read_init_file (filename, 0) == 0)
@@ -99,19 +104,8 @@
  static int sv_combegin PARAMS((const char *));
  static int sv_dispprefix PARAMS((const char *));
  static int sv_compquery PARAMS((const char *));
---- lib/readline/rlconf.h
-+++ lib/readline/rlconf.h	2006-11-13 16:21:26.000000000 +0000
-@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
- #define HANDLE_SIGNALS
- 
- /* Ugly but working hack for binding prefix meta. */
--#define PREFIX_META_HACK
-+#undef PREFIX_META_HACK
- 
- /* The next-to-last-ditch effort file name for a user-specific init file. */
- #define DEFAULT_INPUTRC "~/.inputrc"
 --- lib/readline/doc/rluser.texi
-+++ lib/readline/doc/rluser.texi	2006-11-13 16:23:56.000000000 +0000
++++ lib/readline/doc/rluser.texi	2017-04-26 12:57:24.590906421 +0000
 @@ -349,7 +349,8 @@ file is taken from the value of the envi
  @end ifclear
  that variable is unset, the default is @file{~/.inputrc}.  If that
@@ -122,3 +116,14 @@
  
  When a program which uses the Readline library starts up, the
  init file is read, and the key bindings are set.
+--- lib/readline/rlconf.h
++++ lib/readline/rlconf.h	2017-04-26 12:57:24.586906499 +0000
+@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
+ #define HANDLE_SIGNALS
+ 
+ /* Ugly but working hack for binding prefix meta. */
+-#define PREFIX_META_HACK
++#undef PREFIX_META_HACK
+ 
+ /* The next-to-last-ditch effort file name for a user-specific init file. */
+ #define DEFAULT_INPUTRC "~/.inputrc"