diff --git a/virt-manager.changes b/virt-manager.changes
index a49fedc3..ed9921e7 100644
--- a/virt-manager.changes
+++ b/virt-manager.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 25 09:22:04 MDT 2010 - jfehlig@novell.com
+
+- bnc#611023 - Use netcat-openbsd, which contains proper 'nc'
+  program
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 11 09:26:27 UTC 2010 - seife@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/virt-manager.spec b/virt-manager.spec
index 71b3e438..10127c58 100644
--- a/virt-manager.spec
+++ b/virt-manager.spec
@@ -39,16 +39,15 @@ Source1:        %{virtinst_name}.tar.bz2
 Patch1:         1660-custom-icon-fix.patch
 Patch50:        virtman-desktop.diff
 Patch51:        virtman-vminstall.diff
-Patch52:        virtman-netcat.diff
-Patch53:        virtman-pointer.diff
-Patch54:        virtman-cdrom.diff
-Patch55:        virtman-kvm.diff
-Patch56:        virtman-bridge.diff
-Patch57:        virtman-manager.diff
-Patch58:        virtman-help.diff
-Patch59:        virtman-keycombo.diff
-Patch60:        virtman-autoconnect.diff
-Patch61:        virtman-device-flags.diff
+Patch52:        virtman-pointer.diff
+Patch53:        virtman-cdrom.diff
+Patch54:        virtman-kvm.diff
+Patch55:        virtman-bridge.diff
+Patch56:        virtman-manager.diff
+Patch57:        virtman-help.diff
+Patch58:        virtman-keycombo.diff
+Patch59:        virtman-autoconnect.diff
+Patch60:        virtman-device-flags.diff
 Patch81:        virtinst-cdrom.diff
 Patch82:        virtinst-storage-ocfs2.diff
 ExclusiveArch:  %{ix86} x86_64
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ Requires:       scrollkeeper
 Requires:       python-gtk-vnc
 # Requires:     librsvg added to avoid problems with minimal template
 Requires:       librsvg
-Requires:       netcat
+Requires:       netcat-openbsd
 # Add requires for non Xen installations
 Requires:       python-urlgrabber
 Requires:       vm-install
@@ -130,16 +129,15 @@ Authors:
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch50 -p1
 %patch51 -p1
-%patch52 -p1
-#%patch53 -p1
+#%patch52 -p1
+%patch53 -p1
 %patch54 -p1
-%patch55 -p1
+#%patch55 -p1
 #%patch56 -p1
-#%patch57 -p1
+%patch57 -p1
 %patch58 -p1
 %patch59 -p1
 %patch60 -p1
-%patch61 -p1
 pushd $RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{virtinst_name}
 %patch81 -p1
 %patch82 -p1
diff --git a/virtman-netcat.diff b/virtman-netcat.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 950ea8f8..00000000
--- a/virtman-netcat.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Index: virt-manager-0.8.4/src/virtManager/console.py
-===================================================================
---- virt-manager-0.8.4.orig/src/virtManager/console.py
-+++ virt-manager-0.8.4/src/virtManager/console.py
-@@ -515,11 +515,11 @@ class vmmConsolePages(gobject.GObject):
-         #
-         nc_params = "%s %s" % (vncaddr, str(vncport))
-         nc_cmd = [\
--            "nc -q 2>&1 | grep -q 'requires an argument';"
-+            "netcat -q 2>&1 | grep -q 'requires an argument';"
-             "if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then"
--            "   CMD='nc -q 0 %(nc_params)s';"
-+            "   CMD='netcat -q 0 %(nc_params)s';"
-             "else"
--            "   CMD='nc %(nc_params)s';"
-+            "   CMD='netcat %(nc_params)s';"
-             "fi;"
-             "$CMD;" % {'nc_params': nc_params}
-         ]