diff --git a/e2fsprogs-1.43.8.tar.gz b/e2fsprogs-1.43.8.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index f5f3618..0000000
--- a/e2fsprogs-1.43.8.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:6f831e372afeabc188d3e87dba9d8ff48f9f24cf3c5e354dcfa525ae9381dc27
-size 7474876
diff --git a/e2fsprogs-1.43.9.tar.xz b/e2fsprogs-1.43.9.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5850812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2fsprogs-1.43.9.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:926f8e8de1ffba55d791f21b71334e8a32b5227257ad370f2bf7e4396629e97f
+size 5282240
diff --git a/e2fsprogs.changes b/e2fsprogs.changes
index 2b273e5..3f19f51 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs.changes
+++ b/e2fsprogs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  6 10:32:58 UTC 2018 - jack@suse.cz
+
+- libext2fs-fix-build-failure-in-swapfs.c-on-big-endia.patch: Removed as it is
+  included in the new release
+- switched to .xz archive as kernel.org is going to deprecate them
+- Update to 1.43.9
+ * fix build failure on bigf endian systems
+ * inode flag cleanup in libe2p
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 24 14:41:11 UTC 2018 - jack@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/e2fsprogs.spec b/e2fsprogs.spec
index 01ed1ff..dacd16d 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs.spec
+++ b/e2fsprogs.spec
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Conflicts:      libcom_err2-mini
 Conflicts:      libcom_err-mini-devel
 %endif
 #
-Version:        1.43.8
+Version:        1.43.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Utilities for the Second Extended File System
 License:        GPL-2.0
@@ -70,13 +70,12 @@ Url:            http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net
 Requires(post): coreutils
 Requires:       libcom_err2 >= %{version}
 Requires:       libext2fs2 >= %{version}
-Source:         http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs/v%{version}/e2fsprogs-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source:         http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs/v%{version}/e2fsprogs-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source2:        README.SUSE
 Source3:        baselibs.conf
 #
 # e2fsprogs patches
 #
-Patch1:         libext2fs-fix-build-failure-in-swapfs.c-on-big-endia.patch
 # libcom_err patches
 Patch3:         libcom_err-compile_et_permissions.patch
 Patch4:         e2fsprogs-1.42-implicit_fortify_decl.patch
@@ -219,8 +218,6 @@ Development files for the com_err error message display library. Static librarie
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n e2fsprogs-%{version}
-# e2fsprogs patches
-%patch1 -p1
 # libcom_err patches
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4
diff --git a/libext2fs-fix-build-failure-in-swapfs.c-on-big-endia.patch b/libext2fs-fix-build-failure-in-swapfs.c-on-big-endia.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5157402..0000000
--- a/libext2fs-fix-build-failure-in-swapfs.c-on-big-endia.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-From 876d9b0c8eac2fd80dd62bfa1b09adea62aa08f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
-Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 01:32:02 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] libext2fs: fix build failure in swapfs.c on big-endian
- systems
-References: bsc#1077420
-
-Addresses-Debian-Bug: #886119
-
-Reported-by: James Clarke <jrtc27@debian.org>
-Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
-Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
----
- lib/ext2fs/swapfs.c | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/swapfs.c b/lib/ext2fs/swapfs.c
-index 6e5cff97e505..b13dc4229225 100644
---- a/lib/ext2fs/swapfs.c
-+++ b/lib/ext2fs/swapfs.c
-@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
- 
- #include "ext2_fs.h"
- #include "ext2fs.h"
-+#include "ext2fsP.h"
- #include <ext2fs/ext2_ext_attr.h>
- 
- #ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ void ext2fs_swap_inode_full(ext2_filsys fs, struct ext2_inode_large *t,
- 	if (inode_includes(inode_size, i_projid))
-                 t->i_projid = ext2fs_swab16(f->i_projid);
- 	/* catch new static fields added after i_projid */
--	EXT2FS_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(ext2_inode_large) != 160);
-+	EXT2FS_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ext2_inode_large) != 160);
- 
- 	i = sizeof(struct ext2_inode) + extra_isize + sizeof(__u32);
- 	if (bufsize < (int) i)
--- 
-2.13.6
-