diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 990de8c..7b856d9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ apr-1.3.9.tar.bz2
 /clog
 /x86_64
 /.build*.log
+/apr-1.4.4.tar.bz2
diff --git a/apr-1.4.2-libtool.patch b/apr-1.4.2-libtool.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ba60b56..0000000
--- a/apr-1.4.2-libtool.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
---- apr-1.4.2/buildconf.libtool
-+++ apr-1.4.2/buildconf
-@@ -40,25 +40,20 @@ fi
- # Note: APR supplies its own config.guess and config.sub -- we do not
- #       rely on libtool's versions
- #
--echo "Copying libtool helper files ..."
-+echo "buildconf: copying libtool helper files using $libtoolize"
- 
- # Remove any libtool files so one can switch between libtool 1.3
- # and libtool 1.4 by simply rerunning the buildconf script.
--(cd build ; rm -f ltconfig ltmain.sh libtool.m4)
-+(cd build ; rm -f ltconfig ltmain.sh libtool.m4 ltoptions.m4 ltsugar.m4 ltversion.m4 lt~obsolete.m4)
- 
--$libtoolize --copy --automake --force $verbose
--
--if [ -f libtool.m4 ]; then 
--   ltfile=`pwd`/libtool.m4
--elif grep all_pkgmacro_files $libtoolize > /dev/null; then
--    # libtool 2.x
--   aclocal_dir=`sed -n '/^aclocaldir=/{s/.*=//;p;q;}' < $libtoolize`
--   ltfiles=`sed -n '/^all_pkgmacro_files=/{s/.*=//;;s/"//;p;q;}' < $libtoolize`
--   for f in $ltfiles; do
--       test -f "$aclocal_dir/$f" && cp "$aclocal_dir/$f" build
--   done
--   ltfile=$aclocal_dir/libtool.m4
--else
-+lt_pversion=`$libtoolize --version 2>/dev/null|sed -e 's/([^)]*)//g;s/^[^0-9]*//;s/[- ].*//g;q'`
-+lt_version=`echo $lt_pversion|sed -e 's/\([a-z]*\)$/.\1/'`
-+IFS=.; set $lt_version; IFS=' '
-+if test "$1" = "1"; then
-+  $libtoolize --copy --automake $verbose
-+  if [ -f libtool.m4 ]; then 
-+    ltfile=`pwd`/libtool.m4
-+  else
-    ltfindcmd="`sed -n \"/=[^\\\`]/p;/libtool_m4=/{s/.*=/echo /p;q;}\" \
-                    < $libtoolize`"
-    ltfile=${LIBTOOL_M4-`eval "$ltfindcmd"`}
-@@ -67,21 +62,22 @@ else
-      ltpath=`dirname $libtoolize`
-      ltfile=`cd $ltpath/../share/aclocal ; pwd`/libtool.m4
-    fi
--fi
--  
--if [ ! -f $ltfile ]; then
-+  fi
-+  if [ ! -f $ltfile ]; then
-     echo "$ltfile not found"
-     exit 1
-+  fi
-+  # Do we need this anymore?
-+  echo "buildconf: Using libtool.m4 at ${ltfile}."
-+  rm -f build/libtool.m4
-+  cat $ltfile | sed -e 's/LIBTOOL=\(.*\)top_build/LIBTOOL=\1apr_build/' > build/libtool.m4
- fi
--
--echo "buildconf: Using libtool.m4 at ${ltfile}."
--
--cat $ltfile | sed -e 's/LIBTOOL=\(.*\)top_build/LIBTOOL=\1apr_build/' > build/libtool.m4
--
--# libtool.m4 from 1.6 requires ltsugar.m4
--if [ -f ltsugar.m4 ]; then
--   rm -f build/ltsugar.m4
--   mv ltsugar.m4 build/ltsugar.m4
-+if test "$1" = "2"; then
-+  $libtoolize --copy --automake $verbose
-+  # Wouldn't it just be better to define top_builddir??
-+  mv build/libtool.m4 build/libtool.m4.$$
-+  cat build/libtool.m4.$$ | sed -e 's/LIBTOOL=\(.*\)top_build/LIBTOOL=\1apr_build/' > build/libtool.m4
-+  rm -f build/libtool.m4.$$
- fi
- 
- # Clean up any leftovers
-@@ -90,22 +86,22 @@ rm -f aclocal.m4 libtool.m4
- #
- # Generate the autoconf header and ./configure
- #
--echo "Creating include/arch/unix/apr_private.h.in ..."
-+echo "buildconf: creating include/arch/unix/apr_private.h.in ..."
- ${AUTOHEADER:-autoheader} $verbose
- 
--echo "Creating configure ..."
-+echo "buildconf: creating configure ..."
- ### do some work to toss config.cache?
- ${AUTOCONF:-autoconf} $verbose
- 
- # Remove autoconf 2.5x's cache directory
- rm -rf autom4te*.cache
- 
--echo "Generating 'make' outputs ..."
-+echo "buildconf: generating 'make' outputs ..."
- build/gen-build.py $verbose make
- 
- # Create RPM Spec file
- if [ -f `which cut` ]; then
--  echo rebuilding rpm spec file
-+  echo "buildconf: rebuilding rpm spec file"
-   ( REVISION=`build/get-version.sh all include/apr_version.h APR`
-     VERSION=`echo $REVISION | cut -d- -s -f1`
-     RELEASE=`echo $REVISION | cut -d- -s -f2`
diff --git a/apr-1.4.2-pr50190.patch b/apr-1.4.2-pr50190.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 85475fc..0000000
--- a/apr-1.4.2-pr50190.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- apr-1.4.2/include/apr_ring.h.pr50190
-+++ apr-1.4.2/include/apr_ring.h
-@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@
-  */
- #define APR_RING_HEAD(head, elem)					\
-     struct head {							\
--	struct elem *next;						\
--	struct elem *prev;						\
-+	struct elem * volatile next;					\
-+	struct elem * volatile prev;					\
-     }
- 
- /**
diff --git a/apr-1.4.2.tar.bz2.asc b/apr-1.4.2.tar.bz2.asc
deleted file mode 100644
index b5b922d..0000000
--- a/apr-1.4.2.tar.bz2.asc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/apr-1.4.4.tar.bz2.asc b/apr-1.4.4.tar.bz2.asc
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/apr.spec b/apr.spec
index 3b98cc2..0903008 100644
--- a/apr.spec
+++ b/apr.spec
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 Summary: Apache Portable Runtime library
 Name: apr
-Version: 1.4.2
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 1.4.4
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: ASL 2.0
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://apr.apache.org/
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ Patch1: apr-0.9.7-deepbind.patch
 Patch2: apr-1.2.2-locktimeout.patch
 Patch3: apr-1.2.2-libdir.patch
 Patch4: apr-1.2.7-pkgconf.patch
-Patch5: apr-1.4.2-pr50190.patch
-Patch6: apr-1.4.2-libtool.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
 BuildRequires: autoconf, libtool, libuuid-devel, python
 # To enable SCTP support
@@ -47,8 +45,6 @@ C data structures and routines.
 %patch2 -p1 -b .locktimeout
 %patch3 -p1 -b .libdir
 %patch4 -p1 -b .pkgconf
-%patch5 -p1 -b .pr50190
-%patch6 -p1 -b .libtool
 
 %build
 # regenerate configure script etc.
@@ -129,6 +125,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/*.m4
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May  9 2011 Bojan Smojver <bojan@rexursive.com> - 1.4.4-1
+- bump up to 1.4.4
+
 * Wed Mar  2 2011 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 1.4.2-3
 - work around alising issue in ring macros (upstream PR 50190)
 - fix buildconf with newer libtool (#670621)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 83abaae..136be64 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4b00e8f70c067893d075577962656b35  apr-1.4.2.tar.bz2
+daf5487c82dd7bec9c005c96f8cb01b1  apr-1.4.4.tar.bz2