diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f604503..a9e0040 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 libxml2-2.7.6.tar.gz
+/libxml2-2.7.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/libxml2-2.7.7-xpath-double-free.patch b/libxml2-2.7.7-xpath-double-free.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5dbbee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libxml2-2.7.7-xpath-double-free.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/xpath.c	
++++ a/xpath.c	
+@@ -11763,11 +11763,16 @@ xmlXPathCompOpEvalPositionalPredicate(xmlXPathParserContextPtr ctxt,
+ 
+ 	    if ((ctxt->error != XPATH_EXPRESSION_OK) || (res == -1)) {
+ 	        xmlXPathObjectPtr tmp;
+-		/* pop the result */
++		/* pop the result if any */
+ 		tmp = valuePop(ctxt);
+-		xmlXPathReleaseObject(xpctxt, tmp);
+-		/* then pop off contextObj, which will be freed later */
+-		valuePop(ctxt);
++                if (tmp != contextObj) {
++                    /*
++                     * Free up the result
++                     * then pop off contextObj, which will be freed later
++                     */
++                    xmlXPathReleaseObject(xpctxt, tmp);
++                    valuePop(ctxt);
++                }
+ 		goto evaluation_error;
+ 	    }
diff --git a/libxml2-gnome-bug-561340-fix.patch b/libxml2-gnome-bug-561340-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c78f1b..0000000
--- a/libxml2-gnome-bug-561340-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- include/libxml/xmlexports.h	2009-09-25 00:00:03.511532978 +0200
-+++ include/libxml/xmlexports.h	2009-09-25 00:01:27.058533091 +0200
-@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
-    */
-   #if !defined(LIBXML_STATIC)
-     #define XMLPUBFUN __declspec(dllexport)
--    #define XMLPUBVAR __declspec(dllexport)
-+    #define XMLPUBVAR __declspec(dllexport) extern
-   #else
-     #define XMLPUBFUN
-     #if !defined(LIBXML_STATIC)
diff --git a/mingw32-libxml2-2.7.2-with-modules.patch b/mingw32-libxml2-2.7.2-with-modules.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e26178c..0000000
--- a/mingw32-libxml2-2.7.2-with-modules.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
---- libxml2-2.7.2/configure.in~	2008-10-03 08:09:55.000000000 +0100
-+++ libxml2-2.7.2/configure.in	2008-10-25 23:14:18.000000000 +0100
-@@ -751,6 +751,12 @@
-     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_DLOPEN], [], [Have dlopen based dso])
-   ])
-   ;;
-+  *-*-mingw*)
-+  # If I configured --with-modules then I damn well want
-+  # modules and don't try to second-guess me.
-+  MODULE_EXTENSION=".dll"
-+  WITH_MODULES=1
-+  ;;
-   *)
-   AC_CHECK_FUNC(shl_load, libxml_have_shl_load=yes, [
-     AC_CHECK_LIB(dld, shl_load, [
diff --git a/mingw32-libxml2.spec b/mingw32-libxml2.spec
index 2974ad5..25353aa 100644
--- a/mingw32-libxml2.spec
+++ b/mingw32-libxml2.spec
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 %define __debug_install_post %{_mingw32_debug_install_post}
 
 Name:           mingw32-libxml2
-Version:        2.7.6
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        2.7.8
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        MinGW Windows libxml2 XML processing library
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 # Not required for MinGW.
 #Patch0:         libxml2-multilib.patch
+Patch2:         libxml2-2.7.7-xpath-double-free.patch
 
 # MinGW-specific patches.
-Patch1000:      mingw32-libxml2-2.7.2-with-modules.patch
 Patch1001:      mingw32-libxml2-static-build-compile-fix.patch
-Patch1002:      libxml2-gnome-bug-561340-fix.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -35,8 +34,6 @@ BuildRequires:  mingw32-gettext
 BuildRequires:  mingw32-iconv
 BuildRequires:  mingw32-zlib
 
-BuildRequires:  autoconf, automake, libtool
-
 Requires:       pkgconfig
 
 
@@ -59,13 +56,8 @@ Static version of the MinGW Windows XML processing library.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n libxml2-%{version}
 
-%patch1000 -p1
+%patch2 -p1 -b .CVE-2010-4494
 %patch1001 -p0
-%patch1002 -p0
-
-# Patched configure.in, so rebuild configure.
-libtoolize --force --copy
-autoreconf
 
 
 %build
@@ -133,6 +125,11 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 23 2011 Kalev Lember <kalev@smartlink.ee> - 2.7.8-1
+- Update to 2.7.8
+- Dropped upstreamed patches
+- Use the CVE-2010-4494 patch from Fedora native libxml2 (#665965)
+
 * Mon May 23 2011 Kalev Lember <kalev@smartlink.ee> - 2.7.6-3
 - Don't install html documentation which duplicates what is in Fedora native
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 6f53129..4e904ff 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7740a8ec23878a2f50120e1faa2730f2  libxml2-2.7.6.tar.gz
+8127a65e8c3b08856093099b52599c86  libxml2-2.7.8.tar.gz