diff --git a/util-linux-2.14.1-mount_race.patch b/util-linux-2.14.1-mount_race.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c9c1f0..0000000
--- a/util-linux-2.14.1-mount_race.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-Index: util-linux-ng-2.14.1/mount/fstab.c
-===================================================================
---- util-linux-ng-2.14.1.orig/mount/fstab.c	2008-05-29 01:01:02.000000000 +0200
-+++ util-linux-ng-2.14.1/mount/fstab.c	2009-01-07 12:18:03.000000000 +0100
-@@ -773,8 +773,6 @@ update_mtab (const char *dir, struct my_
- 	if (mtab_does_not_exist() || !mtab_is_writable())
- 		return;
- 
--	lock_mtab();
--
- 	/* having locked mtab, read it again */
- 	mc0 = mc = &mtabhead;
- 	mc->nxt = mc->prev = NULL;
-@@ -893,7 +891,7 @@ update_mtab (const char *dir, struct my_
- 	}
- 
-  leave:
--	unlock_mtab();
-+	;
- }
- 
- 
-Index: util-linux-ng-2.14.1/mount/umount.c
-===================================================================
---- util-linux-ng-2.14.1.orig/mount/umount.c	2008-07-02 15:08:50.000000000 +0200
-+++ util-linux-ng-2.14.1/mount/umount.c	2009-01-07 12:50:48.000000000 +0100
-@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ check_special_umountprog(const char *spe
- 	if (strlen(type) < 100) {
- 		sprintf(umountprog, "/sbin/umount.%s", type);
- 		if (stat(umountprog, &statbuf) == 0) {
-+			/* unlock mtab if we need to exec */
-+			unlock_mtab();
- 			res = fork();
- 			if (res == 0) {
- 				char *umountargs[8];
-@@ -383,6 +385,8 @@ umount_all (char *types, char *test_opts
-      struct mntentchn *mc, *hd;
-      int errors = 0;
- 
-+     if (!nomtab && mtab_is_writable())
-+	     lock_mtab();
-      hd = mtab_head();
-      if (!hd->prev)
- 	  die (2, _("umount: cannot find list of filesystems to unmount"));
-@@ -393,6 +397,7 @@ umount_all (char *types, char *test_opts
- 				     mc->m.mnt_type, mc->m.mnt_opts, mc);
- 	  }
-      }
-+     unlock_mtab();
- 
-      sync ();
-      return errors;
-@@ -463,6 +468,7 @@ umount_file (char *arg) {
- 	const char *file, *options;
- 	int fstab_has_user, fstab_has_users, fstab_has_owner, fstab_has_group;
- 	int ok;
-+	int ret;
- 
- 	if (!*arg) {		/* "" would be expanded to `pwd` */
- 		die(2, _("Cannot umount \"\"\n"));
-@@ -473,6 +479,8 @@ umount_file (char *arg) {
- 	if (verbose > 1)
- 		printf(_("Trying to umount %s\n"), file);
- 
-+	if (!nomtab && mtab_is_writable())
-+		lock_mtab();
- 	mc = getmntdirbackward(file, NULL);
- 	if (!mc)
- 		mc = getmntdevbackward(file, NULL);
-@@ -572,9 +580,12 @@ umount_file (char *arg) {
- 	}
- 
- 	if (mc)
--		return umount_one_bw (file, mc);
-+		ret = umount_one_bw (file, mc);
- 	else
--		return umount_one (arg, arg, arg, arg, NULL);
-+		ret = umount_one (arg, arg, arg, arg, NULL);
-+
-+	unlock_mtab();
-+	return ret;
- }
- 
- int
-Index: util-linux-ng-2.14.1/mount/mount.c
-===================================================================
---- util-linux-ng-2.14.1.orig/mount/mount.c	2009-01-07 12:18:03.000000000 +0100
-+++ util-linux-ng-2.14.1/mount/mount.c	2009-01-07 14:40:16.000000000 +0100
-@@ -521,8 +521,6 @@ create_mtab (void) {
- 	int flags;
- 	mntFILE *mfp;
- 
--	lock_mtab();
--
- 	mfp = my_setmntent (_PATH_MOUNTED, "a+");
- 	if (mfp == NULL || mfp->mntent_fp == NULL) {
- 		int errsv = errno;
-@@ -556,8 +554,6 @@ create_mtab (void) {
- 		}
- 	my_endmntent (mfp);
- 
--	unlock_mtab();
--
- 	reset_mtab_info();
- }
- 
-@@ -626,6 +622,8 @@ check_special_mountprog(const char *spec
-   if (strlen(type) < 100) {
-        sprintf(mountprog, "/sbin/mount.%s", type);
-        if (stat(mountprog, &statbuf) == 0) {
-+	    /* unlock mtab if we need to exec */
-+	    unlock_mtab();
- 	    if (verbose)
- 		 fflush(stdout);
- 	    res = fork();
-@@ -1004,7 +1002,6 @@ update_mtab_entry(const char *spec, cons
- 		else {
- 			mntFILE *mfp;
- 
--			lock_mtab();
- 			mfp = my_setmntent(_PATH_MOUNTED, "a+");
- 			if (mfp == NULL || mfp->mntent_fp == NULL) {
- 				int errsv = errno;
-@@ -1018,7 +1015,6 @@ update_mtab_entry(const char *spec, cons
- 				}
- 			}
- 			my_endmntent(mfp);
--			unlock_mtab();
- 		}
- 	}
- 	my_free(mnt.mnt_fsname);
-@@ -1138,12 +1134,15 @@ try_mount_one (const char *spec0, const
- 
- mount_retry:
-   block_signals (SIG_BLOCK);
-+  if (!nomtab && mtab_is_writable())
-+	  lock_mtab();
- 
-   if (!fake) {
-     mnt5_res = guess_fstype_and_mount (spec, node, &types, flags & ~MS_NOSYS,
- 				       mount_opts, &special, &status);
- 
-     if (special) {
-+      unlock_mtab();
-       block_signals (SIG_UNBLOCK);
-       res = status;
-       goto out;
-@@ -1163,6 +1162,7 @@ mount_retry:
- 			pass);
-       }
- 
-+      unlock_mtab();
-       block_signals (SIG_UNBLOCK);
-       res = 0;
-       goto out;
-@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@ mount_retry:
-   if (loop)
- 	del_loop(spec);
- 
-+  unlock_mtab();
-   block_signals (SIG_UNBLOCK);
- 
-   /* Mount failed, complain, but don't die.  */
diff --git a/util-linux-2.14.1-mount_skip_sync.patch b/util-linux-2.14.1-mount_skip_sync.patch
index 7f5a3ab..bc5bdf1 100644
--- a/util-linux-2.14.1-mount_skip_sync.patch
+++ b/util-linux-2.14.1-mount_skip_sync.patch
@@ -1,27 +1,23 @@
-Index: util-linux-ng-2.14.1/mount/umount.c
-===================================================================
---- util-linux-ng-2.14.1.orig/mount/umount.c	2008-11-20 15:01:09.000000000 +0100
-+++ util-linux-ng-2.14.1/mount/umount.c	2008-11-20 15:04:39.000000000 +0100
-@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ static int
+diff -Nurw util-linux-ng-2.16.orig/mount/umount.c util-linux-ng-2.16/mount/umount.c
+--- util-linux-ng-2.16.orig/mount/umount.c	2009-07-04 01:20:06.000000000 +0200
++++ util-linux-ng-2.16/mount/umount.c	2009-09-29 14:50:44.000000000 +0200
+@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@
  umount_all (char *types, char *test_opts) {
       struct mntentchn *mc, *hd;
       int errors = 0;
 +     int do_sync = 0;
  
-      lock_mtab();
       hd = mtab_head();
-@@ -394,11 +395,13 @@ umount_all (char *types, char *test_opts
+      if (!hd->prev)
+@@ -370,9 +371,11 @@
  	      && matching_opts (mc->m.mnt_opts, test_opts)) {
  	       errors |= umount_one (mc->m.mnt_fsname, mc->m.mnt_dir,
  				     mc->m.mnt_type, mc->m.mnt_opts, mc);
-+	       do_sync = 1;
++	       do_sync = 1;		     
  	  }
       }
-      unlock_mtab();
  
--     sync ();
 +     if (do_sync)
-+         sync ();
+      sync ();
       return errors;
  }
- 
diff --git a/util-linux.changes b/util-linux.changes
index 6e4743b..42af8cc 100644
--- a/util-linux.changes
+++ b/util-linux.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 29 12:58:37 UTC 2009 - hvogel@novell.com
+
+- finaly remove the mount mtab locking patch:
+  * util-linux-2.14.1-mount_race.patch
+  It causes too much regressions. 
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 13 14:21:07 CEST 2009 - kay.sievers@novell.com
 
 - update to final 2.16 release
diff --git a/util-linux.spec b/util-linux.spec
index 31b6e20..31177ab 100644
--- a/util-linux.spec
+++ b/util-linux.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ License:        BSD 3-clause (or similar) ; GPL v2 or later
 Group:          System/Base
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        2.16
-Release:        2
+Release:        3
 Requires:       %name-lang = %{version}
 Summary:        A collection of basic system utilities
 Source:         ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/%name-ng-%version.tar.bz2
@@ -61,15 +61,13 @@ Source51:       blkid.conf
 ## util-linux patches
 ##
 # add hostid
-Patch2:         util-linux-2.12-misc_utils_hostid.patch
+Patch0:         util-linux-2.12-misc_utils_hostid.patch
 # 241372 - remove legacy warnings from fdisk
-Patch3:         util-linux-2.12r-fdisk_remove_bogus_warnings.patch
-# bnc#444966
-Patch17:        util-linux-2.14.1-mount_race.patch
+Patch1:         util-linux-2.12r-fdisk_remove_bogus_warnings.patch
 # bnc#447036
-Patch18:        util-linux-2.14.1-mount_skip_sync.patch
+Patch2:         util-linux-2.14.1-mount_skip_sync.patch
 # crypto patch
-Patch30:        util-linux-mount_losetup_crypto.patch
+Patch3:         util-linux-mount_losetup_crypto.patch
 ##
 ## adjtimex
 ##
@@ -150,11 +148,10 @@ unique IDs (UUIDs).
 %lang_package
 %prep
 %setup -q -a 9 -b 10 -b 11 -b 12 -b 13 -n %name-ng-%version
+%patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
-%patch17 -p1
-%patch18 -p1
-%patch30 -p1
 #
 cd adjtimex-*
 %patch50 -p1