diff --git a/ldc.spec b/ldc.spec
index 6587889..ba8c1fc 100644
--- a/ldc.spec
+++ b/ldc.spec
@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@
 
 %global llvm_version 12
 
-# bootstrap_stage1 is for bringing up a D compiler for the very first time,
-# without having a working D compiler in the build root.
-%global bootstrap_stage1 0
-%global bootstrap_stage1_ldc_version 0.17.6
-
-# bootstrap_stage2 is for updating LDC to a newer version: it relies on an
+# bootstrapping is used for updating LDC to a newer version: it relies on an
 # older, working LDC compiler in the buildroot, which is then used to build a
 # new intermediate LDC version, and finally this in turn is used to build the
 # final compiler that gets installed in the rpm.
@@ -31,9 +26,6 @@ Summary:        LLVM D Compiler
 License:        BSD
 URL:            https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc
 Source0:        https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/download/v%{version}%{?pre:-%{pre}}/%{name}-%{version}%{?pre:-%{pre}}-src.tar.gz
-%if 0%{?bootstrap_stage1}
-Source1:        https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/download/v%{bootstrap_stage1_ldc_version}/%{name}-%{bootstrap_stage1_ldc_version}-src.tar.gz
-%endif
 Source3:        macros.%{name}
 
 # Make sure /usr/include/d is in the include search path
@@ -48,9 +40,7 @@ BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gc
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-%if ! 0%{?bootstrap_stage1}
 BuildRequires:  ldc
-%endif
 BuildRequires:  libconfig-devel
 BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel
 BuildRequires:  libedit-devel
@@ -138,24 +128,11 @@ mkdir geany_config
 
 %global optflags %{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing
 
-%if 0%{?bootstrap_stage1}
-tar xf %{SOURCE1}
-mkdir build-bootstrap1
-pushd build-bootstrap1
-cmake -DLLVM_CONFIG:PATH=llvm-config%{?llvm_version:-%{llvm_version}} \
-      ../%{name}-%{bootstrap_stage1_ldc_version}-src
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-popd
-%endif
-
 %if 0%{?bootstrap_stage2}
 tar xf %{SOURCE0}
-mkdir build-bootstrap2
-pushd build-bootstrap2
+mkdir build-bootstrap
+pushd build-bootstrap
 cmake -DLLVM_CONFIG:PATH=llvm-config%{?llvm_version:-%{llvm_version}} \
-%if 0%{?bootstrap_stage1}
-      -DD_COMPILER:PATH=`pwd`/../build-bootstrap1/bin/ldmd2 \
-%endif
       ../%{name}-%{version}%{?pre:-%{pre}}-src
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 popd
@@ -166,7 +143,7 @@ popd
        -DBASH_COMPLETION_COMPLETIONSDIR:PATH=%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions \
        -DLLVM_CONFIG:PATH=llvm-config%{?llvm_version:-%{llvm_version}} \
 %if 0%{?bootstrap_stage2}
-       -DD_COMPILER:PATH=`pwd`/build-bootstrap2/bin/ldmd2 \
+       -DD_COMPILER:PATH=`pwd`/build-bootstrap/bin/ldmd2 \
 %endif
        %{nil}
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 46e32ec..724dc8c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-SHA512 (ldc-0.17.6-src.tar.gz) = 433a3582bb5214004a676741d7483ed87066b47b8bfec4633796ca5a717c78ea54ee7b9c2ce1cf7bc399082802f15133d28cb4884b879326d224f48687af68e3
 SHA512 (ldc-1.27.1-src.tar.gz) = d10118c9c52a26510f3f9d8d93b38f89144aca7b861ef663e807df0bcf1bb3bc12d1410e6617891e58a3f2cfe160e31bb8478bb1f39f79d026c97ce7e72a9f65