diff --git a/python-kiwi.changes b/python-kiwi.changes
index 2caa6e3..180947a 100644
--- a/python-kiwi.changes
+++ b/python-kiwi.changes
@@ -1,6 +1,117 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug  8 21:32:23 CEST 2018 - ms@suse.de
+
+- Bump version: 9.16.7 → 9.16.8
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug  8 18:02:59 CEST 2018 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Update pxe server setup documentation
+  
+  Delete the suggested modifications to /etc/sysconfig/atftpd
+  and trust the defaults provided by the package
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug  8 17:56:24 CEST 2018 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Added support for system wide config file
+  
+  If there is no user specific config file we are also
+  looking for a system wide /etc/kiwi.yml file
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug  8 09:46:22 CEST 2018 - dcassany@suse.de
+  
+- use more meaningful variable names
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  7 16:10:11 CEST 2018 - dcassany@suse.de
+  
+- Fix baseStripUnusedLibs config method
+  
+  This commit arguments handling of the baseStripUnusedLibs
+  that was not prepared to handle quoted variable containing a list.
+  
+  Fixes #798
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  7 11:43:13 CEST 2018 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Added doc chapter for remote live boot
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug  6 18:28:30 CEST 2018 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Added support for pxe live boot via AOE
+  
+  The live ISO should support a network reference. We are using
+  the Ata Over Ethernet protocol to achieve this. In combination
+  with pxe boot of the kernel/initrd a live iso can boot from
+  the network using the following parameter example:
+  
+  root=live:AOEINTERFACE:e0.1 rd.kiwi.live.pxe
+  
+  Export of the live iso file via AOE can be achieved using the
+  vblade toolkit which needs to be available on the exporting
+  system and compatible with the live operating system.
+  This Fixes #796
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug  6 12:21:24 CEST 2018 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Run schema validation/update per XSL stylesheets
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug  6 12:16:53 CEST 2018 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Added XSL stylesheet to auto update schema
+  
+  Drop oem-ataraid-scan from oemconfig if specified
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug  6 11:45:15 CEST 2018 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Update vagrant doc chapter redirect links
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug  6 11:39:03 CEST 2018 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Drop oem-ataraid-scan from schema
+  
+  Along with the change we pin generateDS version to 2.29.14
+  because the newer version (2.29.19) creates broken python
+  syntax for elements with a value list for their content
+  like it's the case for the packagemanager element. The
+  tool uses the name k.packagemanager.content as class name
+  which is invalid for python.
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug  6 11:31:07 CEST 2018 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Delete dmraid aka: softraid soft/fakeraid support
+  
+  In fate#323743 the decision was made to drop dmraid from
+  the distribution. Along with the low business case for those
+  controllers and the support for linux softraid via mdadm
+  we also drop the support in kiwi for oem-ataraid-scan
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug  6 11:21:22 CEST 2018 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Fixed unresolvables in EC2 integration build
+  
+  For some reason libyui-ncurses-pkg8 is gone now
+  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug  6 11:15:16 CEST 2018 - ms@suse.de
+  
+- Fixed unresolvables in integration builds
+  
+  For some reason libyui-ncurses-pkg8 is gone now
+  
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug  1 14:24:25 CEST 2018 - ms@suse.de
-
+  
 - Bump version: 9.16.6 → 9.16.7
   
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/python-kiwi.spec b/python-kiwi.spec
index adaf8bb..306c9ec 100644
--- a/python-kiwi.spec
+++ b/python-kiwi.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           python-kiwi
-Version:        9.16.7
+Version:        9.16.8
 Provides:       kiwi-schema = 6.6
 Release:        0
 Url:            https://github.com/SUSE/kiwi
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ BuildRequires:  dracut
 %endif
 Requires:       dracut-kiwi-lib
 Requires:       kexec-tools
-Requires:       dmraid
 %if 0%{?suse_version} || 0%{?debian} || 0%{?ubuntu}
 Requires:       multipath-tools
 %endif
diff --git a/python-kiwi.tar.gz b/python-kiwi.tar.gz
index 59f3b50..9d2b079 100644
--- a/python-kiwi.tar.gz
+++ b/python-kiwi.tar.gz
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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