diff --git a/cups-paps.patch b/cups-paps.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 91da82d..0000000
--- a/cups-paps.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -up cups-1.4b1/conf/mime.convs.in.paps cups-1.4b1/conf/mime.convs.in
---- cups-1.4b1/conf/mime.convs.in.paps	2008-10-08 22:07:45.000000000 +0100
-+++ cups-1.4b1/conf/mime.convs.in	2008-11-11 15:42:18.000000000 +0000
-@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ application/x-cshell		application/postsc
- application/x-csource		application/postscript		33	texttops
- application/x-perl		application/postscript		33	texttops
- application/x-shell		application/postscript		33	texttops
--text/plain			application/postscript		33	texttops
-+text/plain			application/postscript		33	texttopaps
- text/html			application/postscript		33	texttops
- image/gif			application/vnd.cups-postscript	66	imagetops
- image/png			application/vnd.cups-postscript	66	imagetops
diff --git a/cups.spec b/cups.spec
index 1b35776..fd9fd8b 100644
--- a/cups.spec
+++ b/cups.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Patch4: cups-serial.patch
 Patch5: cups-banners.patch
 Patch6: cups-serverbin-compat.patch
 Patch7: cups-no-export-ssllibs.patch
-Patch8: cups-paps.patch
 Patch9: cups-direct-usb.patch
 Patch10: cups-lpr-help.patch
 Patch11: cups-peercred.patch
@@ -112,9 +111,6 @@ BuildRequires: gcc >= 4.0.1
 BuildPrereq: dbus-devel >= 0.90
 Requires: dbus >= 0.90
 
-# The paps package uses pango to render UTF-8 text to PostScript.
-Requires: paps >= 0.6.6-9
-
 # Requires tmpwatch for the cron.daily script (bug #218901).
 Requires: tmpwatch
 
@@ -201,7 +197,6 @@ module.
 %patch5 -p1 -b .banners
 %patch6 -p1 -b .serverbin-compat
 %patch7 -p1 -b .no-export-ssllibs
-%patch8 -p1 -b .paps
 %patch9 -p1 -b .direct-usb
 %patch10 -p1 -b .lpr-help
 %patch11 -p1 -b .peercred
@@ -523,6 +518,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %changelog
 * Tue Dec  8 2009 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> - 1:1.4.2-14
+- No longer requires paps.  The texttopaps filter MIME conversion file
+  is now provided by the paps package (bug #545036).
 - Moved %%{_datadir}/cups/ppdc/*.h to the main package (bug #545348).
 
 * Fri Dec  4 2009 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> - 1:1.4.2-13