diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index 996d48f..195e9d8 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 25 09:02:38 MDT 2010 - jfehlig@novell.com
+
+- Use netcat-openbsd, which contains a proper 'nc' program
+  supporting the '-U' option.  Drop socat.patch.
+  bnc#611023
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 21 10:00:13 MDT 2010 - jfehlig@novell.com
+- Re-enable numa support now that bnc#598488 is resolved.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun  4 13:16:31 MDT 2010 - jfehlig@novell.com
 - Allocate buffer to hold xend content
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 20014b9..5206d57 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@
 %ifnarch x86_64 ia64
 %define with_numactl 0
 %endif
-# TEMP: no numa on 11.3 / Factory until bnc#598488 is resolved
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1120
-%define with_numactl 0
-%endif
 # SLES doesn't contain OpenVZ, VBox, UML, OpenNebula, or ESX
 %if 0%{?sles_version}
 %define with_openvz 0
@@ -118,7 +114,7 @@ License:        LGPLv2.1+
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 AutoReqProv:    yes
 Version:        0.8.1
-Release:        2
+Release:        3
 Summary:        A C toolkit to interract with the virtualization capabilities of Linux
 # The client side, i.e. shared libs and virsh are in a subpackage
 Requires:       %{name}-client = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -152,7 +148,6 @@ Patch6:         xend-content-buf.patch
 Patch7:         xend-content-buf-fix.patch
 # Need to go upstream
 Patch100:       xen-name-for-devid.patch
-Patch101:       socat.patch
 Patch102:       clone.patch
 Patch103:       xen-pv-cdrom.patch
 Patch104:       xen-domctl-ver7.patch
@@ -184,8 +179,8 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       readline
 Requires:       ncurses
 # So remote clients can access libvirt over SSH tunnel
-# (client invokes 'socat' against the UNIX socket on the server)
-Requires:       socat
+# (client invokes 'nc' against the UNIX socket on the server)
+Requires:       netcat-openbsd
 Requires:       cyrus-sasl
 Recommends:     cyrus-sasl-digestmd5
 
@@ -272,7 +267,6 @@ Authors:
 %patch6 -p1
 %patch7 -p1
 %patch100 -p1
-%patch101 -p1
 %patch102
 %patch103 -p1
 %patch104 -p1
diff --git a/socat.patch b/socat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 76b956f..0000000
--- a/socat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-Index: libvirt-0.8.1/src/remote/remote_driver.c
-===================================================================
---- libvirt-0.8.1.orig/src/remote/remote_driver.c
-+++ libvirt-0.8.1/src/remote/remote_driver.c
-@@ -769,12 +769,29 @@ doRemoteOpen (virConnectPtr conn,
-             cmd_argv[j++] = strdup ("none");
-         }
-         cmd_argv[j++] = strdup (priv->hostname);
--        cmd_argv[j++] = strdup (netcat ? netcat : "nc");
--        cmd_argv[j++] = strdup ("-U");
--        cmd_argv[j++] = strdup (sockname ? sockname :
--                                (flags & VIR_CONNECT_RO
--                                 ? LIBVIRTD_PRIV_UNIX_SOCKET_RO
--                                 : LIBVIRTD_PRIV_UNIX_SOCKET));
-+        if (netcat) {
-+           cmd_argv[j++] = strdup (netcat);
-+           cmd_argv[j++] = strdup ("-U");
-+           cmd_argv[j++] = strdup (sockname ? sockname :
-+                                   (flags & VIR_CONNECT_RO
-+                                    ? LIBVIRTD_PRIV_UNIX_SOCKET_RO
-+                                    : LIBVIRTD_PRIV_UNIX_SOCKET));
-+        } else {
-+           cmd_argv[j++] = strdup ("socat");
-+           cmd_argv[j++] = strdup ("-");
-+
-+           char *socat_addr = NULL;
-+           if ((asprintf (&socat_addr, "GOPEN:%s",
-+                          sockname ? sockname :
-+                          (flags & VIR_CONNECT_RO
-+                           ? LIBVIRTD_PRIV_UNIX_SOCKET_RO
-+                           : LIBVIRTD_PRIV_UNIX_SOCKET))) < 0) {
-+              error (conn, VIR_ERR_SYSTEM_ERROR, strerror (ENOMEM));
-+              goto failed;
-+           }
-+           cmd_argv[j++] = strdup (socat_addr);
-+           VIR_FREE(socat_addr);
-+        }
-         cmd_argv[j++] = 0;
-         assert (j == nr_args);
-         for (j = 0; j < (nr_args-1); j++)