diff --git a/xz-4.999.8beta.tar.bz2 b/xz-4.999.8beta.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1673090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xz-4.999.8beta.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:5a1b5ff2f7ed76fdfd426aad1ad6021a8f5ae97619dd626aebad79c8d2eddf5a
+size 666585
diff --git a/xz-4.999.9beta.tar.bz2 b/xz-4.999.9beta.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f8e705..0000000
--- a/xz-4.999.9beta.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:330312c4397608d8b7be362cc7edbfeafa6101614bc2164d816ea767656aa15c
-size 849062
diff --git a/xz-git.diff.bz2 b/xz-git.diff.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f87b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xz-git.diff.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:6b2a205768fe1bf0bd04eddcf7b379d96117fdd5fcb3f2aa02e81d4a6f5c3fe4
+size 545877
diff --git a/xz.changes b/xz.changes
index a2757e4..38f96a4 100644
--- a/xz.changes
+++ b/xz.changes
@@ -1,14 +1,3 @@
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-Fri Sep  4 11:53:41 CEST 2009 - coolo@novell.com
-
-- update to 4.999.9beta
-  * only some polishment above the git snapshot I took
-
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-Sun Aug 23 14:50:09 CEST 2009 - coolo@novell.com
-
-- borrow %check section from fedora spec
-
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 20 15:51:47 CEST 2009 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/xz.spec b/xz.spec
index 054ae40..98cb355 100644
--- a/xz.spec
+++ b/xz.spec
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@
 
 Name:           xz
 Summary:        A Program for Compressing Files
-Version:        4.999.9beta
+Version:        4.999.8git
 Release:        1
 Group:          Productivity/Archiving/Compression
 License:        GPL v2 or later
 Url:            http://tukaani.org/lzma/
-Source:         %{name}-4.999.9beta.tar.bz2
+Source:         %{name}-4.999.8beta.tar.bz2
+Patch0:         xz-git.diff.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Provides:       lzma = %version
 Obsoletes:      lzma < %version
@@ -72,16 +73,14 @@ This package contains the header files and libraries needed for
 compiling programs using the LZMA library.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n %{name}-4.999.9beta
+%setup -q -n %{name}-4.999.8beta
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 AUTOPOINT=true autoreconf -fi
 %configure --libdir=/%{_lib} --disable-static --with-pic --docdir=%_docdir/%name
 make %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
 
-%check
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/src/liblzma/.libs make check
-
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{__mkdir_p} %{buildroot}%{_libdir}