diff --git a/enigmail-1.9.7.tar.gz b/enigmail-1.9.7.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f83fcb..0000000
--- a/enigmail-1.9.7.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
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deleted file mode 100644
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d64b7c9
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+++ b/enigmail-1.9.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/enigmail.changes b/enigmail.changes
index 4c1f85a..0e64348 100644
--- a/enigmail.changes
+++ b/enigmail.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul  5 06:29:32 UTC 2017 - astieger@suse.com
+
+- enigmail 1.9.8:
+  * fix blocking in the mail sending process (boo#1047252)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 15 16:47:41 UTC 2017 - wr@rosenauer.org
 
diff --git a/enigmail.spec b/enigmail.spec
index 287fab3..0109141 100644
--- a/enigmail.spec
+++ b/enigmail.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           enigmail
-Version:        1.9.7
+Version:        1.9.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        OpenPGP addon for Thunderbird and SeaMonkey
 License:        MPL-2.0
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ BuildRequires:  unzip
 BuildRequires:  zip
 Requires:       gpg2 >= 2.0.7
 Requires:       pinentry-gui
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
 This package contains the Enigmail OpenPGP Addon for Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/
 install -m644 thunderbird-enigmail.metainfo.xml %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/enigmail.appdata.xml
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/mozilla/
 %doc COPYING
 %dir %{_datadir}/appdata