diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1347e82..c12932b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ brltty-4.2.tar.gz
 /brltty-5.2.tar.xz
 /brltty-5.3.tar.xz
 /brltty-5.3.1.tar.xz
+/brltty-5.4.tar.xz
diff --git a/brltty-5.3-xw-fonts-fix.patch b/brltty-5.3-xw-fonts-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d89053e..0000000
--- a/brltty-5.3-xw-fonts-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Drivers/Braille/XWindow/braille.c b/Drivers/Braille/XWindow/braille.c
-index 26ca705..ccabdcd 100644
---- a/Drivers/Braille/XWindow/braille.c
-+++ b/Drivers/Braille/XWindow/braille.c
-@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ typedef enum {
- static int cols,lines;
- static int input;
- static char *model = "simple";
--static const char *fontname = "-*-clearlyu-*-r-*-*-17-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,-*-fixed-*-r-*-*-17-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,-*-unifont-*-r-*-*-17-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1";
-+static const char *fontname = "-*-clearlyu-*-r-*-*-17-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,-*-fixed-*-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,-*-unifont-*-r-*-*-17-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1";
- static int xtArgc = 1;
- static char *xtDefArgv[]= { "brltty", NULL };
- static char **xtArgv = xtDefArgv;
diff --git a/brltty-5.3.1-async-wait.patch b/brltty-5.3.1-async-wait.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d67fead..0000000
--- a/brltty-5.3.1-async-wait.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Programs/async_wait.c b/Programs/async_wait.c
-index 231a07c..71b1372 100644
---- a/Programs/async_wait.c
-+++ b/Programs/async_wait.c
-@@ -142,13 +142,20 @@ awaitAction (long int timeout) {
- 
- int
- asyncAwaitCondition (int timeout, AsyncConditionTester *testCondition, void *data) {
-+  int first = 1;
-   TimePeriod period;
-   startTimePeriod(&period, timeout);
- 
-   while (!(testCondition && testCondition(data))) {
-     long int elapsed;
- 
--    if (afterTimePeriod(&period, &elapsed)) return 0;
-+    if (first) {
-+      first = 0;
-+      elapsed = 0;
-+    } else if (afterTimePeriod(&period, &elapsed)) {
-+      return 0;
-+    }
-+
-     awaitAction(timeout - elapsed);
-   }
- 
diff --git a/brltty.spec b/brltty.spec
index 93c3b1e..f71829c 100644
--- a/brltty.spec
+++ b/brltty.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-%define pkg_version 5.3.1
-%define api_version 0.6.4
+%define pkg_version 5.4
+%define api_version 0.6.5
 
 %global with_python3 1
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 Name: brltty
 Version: %{pkg_version}
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 URL: http://mielke.cc/brltty/
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ Source1: brltty.service
 Patch1: brltty-loadLibrary.patch
 # libspeechd.h moved in latest speech-dispatch (NOT sent upstream)
 Patch2: brltty-5.0-libspeechd.patch
-Patch3: brltty-5.3-xw-fonts-fix.patch
-# patch provided by upstream
-Patch4: brltty-5.3.1-async-wait.patch
 Summary: Braille display driver for Linux/Unix
 BuildRequires: byacc, glibc-kernheaders, bluez-libs-devel, systemd
 BuildRequires: gettext, at-spi2-core-devel, espeak-devel
@@ -200,8 +197,9 @@ This package provides the OCaml binding for BrlAPI.
 %setup -q
 %patch1 -p1 -b .loadLibrary
 %patch2 -p1 -b .libspeechd
-%patch3 -p1 -b .xw-fonts-fix
-%patch4 -p1 -b .async-wait
+
+# remove packaged binary file
+rm -f Programs/brltty-ktb
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 # Make a copy of the source tree for building the Python 3 module
@@ -419,6 +417,11 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 29 2016 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 5.4-1
+- New version
+  Resolves: rhbz#1350990
+- Dropped xw-fonts-fix and async-wait patches (both upstreamed)
+
 * Fri May 13 2016 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 5.3.1-8
 - Fixed async wait to handle zero timeouts (by async-wait patch)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 448b484..72d78e8 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7835871c911effd286040225bf5355f8  brltty-5.3.1.tar.xz
+cfedd365e6237d762ad8c35b4f6fb361  brltty-5.4.tar.xz