diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7e837bb..02c7731 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /slab-0.4.6.crate
 /slab-0.4.7.crate
 /slab-0.4.8.crate
+/slab-0.4.9.crate
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 868731a..0000000
--- a/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# rust-slab
-
-The rust-slab package
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rust-slab.spec b/rust-slab.spec
index 7063b5f..d73479b 100644
--- a/rust-slab.spec
+++ b/rust-slab.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %global crate slab
 
 Name:           rust-slab
-Version:        0.4.8
+Version:        0.4.9
 Release:        %autorelease
 Summary:        Pre-allocated storage for a uniform data type
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e11a8eb..938c89d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (slab-0.4.8.crate) = 1d713a217b3816a1e6c230d4bb52c32c90f600e64520f0c339ea8255ee8aefd887d969fa23497f1bd8b2b1f7dcb4b220957889746f04dc3453240b5f28517192
+SHA512 (slab-0.4.9.crate) = b6b5423ae026472920f7c9a4abe0962314140a36dc562c0a9e3fa60725b2b8b7a8b343110d9d4c0e18fb318b0103e14c0ccbc9ae350d5563a5ac80c35f228c40