diff --git a/pycparser.patch b/pycparser.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 93ee880..0000000
--- a/pycparser.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-From 01b69f31b613a99f2a5d47c96fde12b2d0c497d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?J=2E=20David=20Ib=C3=A1=C3=B1ez?= <jdavid.ibp@gmail.com>
-Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 13:14:51 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Work with pycparser 2.18 and 2.19
-
-Fixes #846
----
- pygit2/__init__.py | 5 ++---
- pygit2/remote.py   | 5 ++---
- setup.py           | 2 +-
- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
-
-Index: pygit2-0.28.0/pygit2/__init__.py
-===================================================================
---- pygit2-0.28.0.orig/pygit2/__init__.py
-+++ pygit2-0.28.0/pygit2/__init__.py
-@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ def init_repository(path, bare=False,
-     # Ok
-     return Repository(to_str(path))
- 
--@ffi.callback('int (*git_repository_create_cb)(git_repository **out,'
--              'const char *path, int bare, void *payload)')
-+@ffi.callback('int (*cb)(git_repository **out, const char *path, int bare, void *payload)')
- def _repository_create_cb(repo_out, path, bare, data):
-     d = ffi.from_handle(data)
-     try:
-@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ def _repository_create_cb(repo_out, path
- 
-     return 0
- 
--@ffi.callback('int (*git_remote_create_cb)(git_remote **out, git_repository *repo,'
-+@ffi.callback('int (*cb)(git_remote **out, git_repository *repo,'
-               'const char *name, const char *url, void *payload)')
- def _remote_create_cb(remote_out, repo, name, url, data):
-     d = ffi.from_handle(data)
-Index: pygit2-0.28.0/pygit2/remote.py
-===================================================================
---- pygit2-0.28.0.orig/pygit2/remote.py
-+++ pygit2-0.28.0/pygit2/remote.py
-@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class RemoteCallbacks(object):
- 
-         return 0
- 
--    @ffi.callback('int (*credentials)(git_cred **cred, const char *url,'
-+    @ffi.callback('int (*cb)(git_cred **cred, const char *url,'
-                   'const char *username_from_url, unsigned int allowed_types,'
-                   'void *data)')
-     def _credentials_cb(cred_out, url, username, allowed, data):
-@@ -312,8 +312,7 @@ class RemoteCallbacks(object):
- 
-         return 0
- 
--    @ffi.callback('int (*git_transport_certificate_check_cb)'
--                  '(git_cert *cert, int valid, const char *host, void *payload)')
-+    @ffi.callback('int (*cb)(git_cert *cert, int valid, const char *host, void *payload)')
-     def _certificate_cb(cert_i, valid, host, data):
-         self = ffi.from_handle(data)
- 
-Index: pygit2-0.28.0/setup.py
-===================================================================
---- pygit2-0.28.0.orig/setup.py
-+++ pygit2-0.28.0/setup.py
-@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ setup(name='pygit2',
-       packages=['pygit2'],
-       package_data={'pygit2': ['decl.h']},
-       setup_requires=['cffi'],
--      install_requires=['cffi', 'six', 'pycparser<2.18'],
-+      install_requires=['cffi', 'six', 'pycparser'],
-       zip_safe=False,
-       cmdclass=cmdclass,
-       **extra_args)
diff --git a/pygit2-0.28.0.tar.gz b/pygit2-0.28.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b313bb..0000000
--- a/pygit2-0.28.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:6dbce6aa7e0e1878ad19363a0e0de52f419b4abe2750c89974a42501bed2cf52
-size 486621
diff --git a/pygit2-0.28.1.tar.gz b/pygit2-0.28.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6729d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygit2-0.28.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:2ccdb865ef530c799a6430d0e52952925ffc0d7c856e7608f4cf42f4b821412b
+size 496243
diff --git a/python-pygit2.changes b/python-pygit2.changes
index 2434629..7f29730 100644
--- a/python-pygit2.changes
+++ b/python-pygit2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 15 18:22:32 UTC 2019 - Gary Smith <GSmith@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 0.28.1
+  * Removed patch pycparser.patch as it is no longer needed
+  * Now works with pycparser 2.18 and above
+  * Now ``Repository.write_archive(..)`` keeps the file mode
+  * New ``Patch.data`` returns the raw contents of the patch as a byte string
+  * New ``Patch.text`` returns the contents of the patch as a text string,
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr  8 08:15:54 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pygit2.spec b/python-pygit2.spec
index e21826e..480b9dd 100644
--- a/python-pygit2.spec
+++ b/python-pygit2.spec
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-pygit2
-Version:        0.28.0
+Version:        0.28.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python bindings for libgit2
 License:        GPL-2.0-only
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pygit2/pygit2-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0:         pycparser.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cffi}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pycparser}
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ Bindings for libgit2, a linkable C library for the Git version-control system.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n pygit2-%{version}
-%patch0 -p1
 # do not add options to pytest
 rm pytest.ini
 
@@ -59,6 +57,7 @@ export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing"
 
 %install
 %python_install
+%python_expand rm -rf %{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch}/pygit2/decl/
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch}
 
 %check