diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2198704..902a0b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ transmission-2.04.tar.xz
 /transmission-2.33.tar.xz
 /transmission-2.42.tar.xz
 /transmission-2.52.tar.xz
+/transmission-2.71.tar.xz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 15a48c2..4913cef 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2ed5b7815ebda65223bac6bdb09dec42  transmission-2.61.tar.xz
+26d24de210076a7625e5fe37e3252f2a  transmission-2.71.tar.xz
diff --git a/transmission-2.61-desktop-file-missing-semicolon.patch b/transmission-2.61-desktop-file-missing-semicolon.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4383413..0000000
--- a/transmission-2.61-desktop-file-missing-semicolon.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- transmission-2.61/gtk/transmission-gtk.desktop.in.missing_semicolon	2012-07-28 22:11:19.382613921 +0300
-+++ transmission-2.61/gtk/transmission-gtk.desktop.in	2012-07-28 22:11:26.981474148 +0300
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
- [Desktop Action Pause]
- _Name=Start Transmission with All Torrents Paused
- Exec=transmission-gtk --paused
--OnlyShowIn=Unity
-+OnlyShowIn=Unity;
- 
- [Desktop Action Minimize]
- _Name=Start Transmission Minimized
diff --git a/transmission.spec b/transmission.spec
index dcc2603..e620b75 100644
--- a/transmission.spec
+++ b/transmission.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           transmission
-Version:        2.61
+Version:        2.71
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A lightweight GTK+ BitTorrent client
 
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ BuildRequires:  gettext intltool
 BuildRequires:  qt4-devel
 # this modification applies to the Qt qtr.pro file
 Patch1:         fix-optflags.patch
-# Fix up the desktop file to validate with desktop-file-validate
-Patch2:         transmission-2.61-desktop-file-missing-semicolon.patch
 Requires: transmission-cli
 Requires: transmission-gtk
 
@@ -94,7 +92,6 @@ exit 0
 %prep
 %setup -q 
 %patch1 -p1
-%patch2 -p1 -b .missing_semicolon
 
 iconv --from=ISO-8859-1 --to=UTF-8 AUTHORS > AUTHORS.new
 mv AUTHORS.new AUTHORS
@@ -210,6 +207,10 @@ update-desktop-database > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/transmission-qt.*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 27 2012 Kalev Lember <kalevlember@gmail.com> - 2.71-1
+- Update to 2.71
+- Drop upstreamed desktop file patch
+
 * Sat Jul 28 2012 Kalev Lember <kalevlember@gmail.com> - 2.61-1
 - Update to 2.61
 - Build with gtk3