diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d2bee3..d73d2d5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ aria2-1.10.0.tar.xz
 /aria2-1.14.0.tar.xz
 /aria2-1.14.2.tar.xz
 /aria2-1.16.1.tar.xz
+/aria2-1.17.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/aria2-1.16.1-build.patch b/aria2-1.16.1-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 09d53f3..0000000
--- a/aria2-1.16.1-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -up aria2-1.16.1/src/Makefile.in.build aria2-1.16.1/src/Makefile.in
---- aria2-1.16.1/src/Makefile.in.build	2012-12-26 17:09:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ aria2-1.16.1/src/Makefile.in	2013-03-06 14:51:51.635190936 +0100
-@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ SRCS = SocketCore.cc SocketCore.h Binary
- 	$(am__append_34) $(am__append_35)
- noinst_LIBRARIES = libaria2c.a
- libaria2c_a_SOURCES = $(SRCS)
--aria2c_LDADD = libaria2c.a @LIBINTL@ @ALLOCA@ #-lprofiler
-+aria2c_LDADD = libaria2c.a @LIBINTL@ @ALLOCA@ -lpthread #-lprofiler
- #aria2c_LDFLAGS = -pg
- AM_CPPFLAGS = -Wall\
- 	-I$(top_srcdir)/lib -I$(top_srcdir)/intl\
diff --git a/aria2.spec b/aria2.spec
index 232d1d7..7a683fb 100644
--- a/aria2.spec
+++ b/aria2.spec
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 %define binname aria2c
 
 Name:           aria2
-Version:        1.16.1
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.17.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        High speed download utility with resuming and segmented downloading
 Group:          Applications/Internet
 License:        GPLv2+ with exceptions
 URL:            http://aria2.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
-Patch1:         aria2-1.16.1-build.patch
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  c-ares-devel cppunit-devel
 BuildRequires:  gettext gnutls-devel
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ Currently it has following features:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch1 -p 1 -b .build
 
 %build
 %configure --enable-bittorrent \
@@ -53,11 +51,10 @@ Currently it has following features:
            --with-sqlite3 \
 
 
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-
+V=1 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%make_install
 %find_lang %{name}
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/locale/locale.alias
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}
@@ -69,6 +66,12 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}
 %{_mandir}/*/man1/aria2c.1.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 02 2013 Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@fedoraproject.org> - 1.17.0-1
+- update to 1.17.0
+- drop upstream build patch
+- switch to verbose make
+- switch to make_install macro
+
 * Wed Mar  6 2013 Tomáš Mráz <tmraz@redhat.com> - 1.16.1-2
 - rebuilt with new gnutls
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f715443..744957a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-74064cbcfcc0d26946bdd7e7a4bf4117  aria2-1.16.1.tar.xz
+a4419a2336e84f120c023c0435bc0731  aria2-1.17.0.tar.xz