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deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/meson-no-lrelease.patch b/meson-no-lrelease.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3aa8b3f..0000000
--- a/meson-no-lrelease.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From 391878e83aef4c2ba43e69c4850bbc84f409783e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Dylan Baker <dylan@pnwbakers.com>
-Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:13:05 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH] dependencies/ui: Don't require lrelease for qt
-
-We previously didn't require it so we shouldn't silently start doing so.
-
-Fixes #4654
----
- mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py
-index e8fba91a23..1f65c3b86f 100644
---- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py
-+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py
-@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def gen_bins():
-                 if self.bindir:
-                     yield os.path.join(self.bindir, b), b, False
-                 yield '{}-{}'.format(b, self.name), b, False
--                yield b, b, self.required
-+                yield b, b, self.required if b != 'lrelease' else False
- 
-         for b, name, required in gen_bins():
-             if found[name].found():
-
diff --git a/meson.changes b/meson.changes
index 07ad2d8..5e74388 100644
--- a/meson.changes
+++ b/meson.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 28 14:41:28 UTC 2019 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Update to version 0.49.1:
+  + dependencies/ui: Don't require lrelease for qt.
+  + Better Python exe detector (gh#mesonbuild/meson#4614).
+- Drop meson-no-lrelease.patch: fixed upstream.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 17 11:57:17 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/meson.spec b/meson.spec
index 1159e12..9612aa4 100644
--- a/meson.spec
+++ b/meson.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 %{!?vim_data_dir:%global vim_data_dir %{_datadir}/vim}
 %bcond_with setuptools
 Name:           meson%{name_ext}
-Version:        0.49.0
+Version:        0.49.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python-based build system
 License:        Apache-2.0
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ Patch3:         meson-suse-fix-llvm-3.8.patch
 Patch4:         meson-fix-gcc48.patch
 # PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE meson-distutils.patch tchvatal@suse.com -- build and install using distutils instead of full setuptools
 Patch5:         meson-distutils.patch
-# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM meson-no-lrelease.patch dimstar@opensuse.org -- Don't require lrelease for qt
-Patch6:         meson-no-lrelease.patch
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  python3-base
@@ -162,7 +160,6 @@ This package provides support for meson.build files in Vim.
 %if !%{with setuptools}
 %patch5 -p1
 %endif
-%patch6 -p1
 
 # Remove static boost tests from "test cases/frameworks/1 boost/".
 sed -i "/static/d" test\ cases/frameworks/1\ boost/meson.build