diff --git a/spirv-llvm-translator-16.0.0-llvm-16.patch b/spirv-llvm-translator-16.0.0-llvm-16.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cd9008..0000000
--- a/spirv-llvm-translator-16.0.0-llvm-16.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-From 98fadafeae0204defedd89f015f7fb88f2888b2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@redhat.com>
-Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:27:10 -0300
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix standalone builds with LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB=ON
-
-Move the LLVM components to LINK_COMPONENTS because the DEPENDS list has
-the same semantics as add_dependencies(). In this
-case it doesn't include the LLVM components when calling the linker.
----
- lib/SPIRV/CMakeLists.txt | 47 ++++++++++++----------------------------
- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/lib/SPIRV/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/SPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
-index bbef00528..2810c6b2c 100644
---- a/lib/SPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/lib/SPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -38,42 +38,23 @@ set(SRC_LIST
-   libSPIRV/SPIRVType.cpp
-   libSPIRV/SPIRVValue.cpp
- )
--if(LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB)
--  add_llvm_library(LLVMSPIRVLib STATIC DISABLE_LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB
--    ${SRC_LIST}
--    DEPENDS
--      intrinsics_gen
--      LLVMAnalysis
--      LLVMBitWriter
--      LLVMCodeGen
--      LLVMCore
--      LLVMDemangle
--      LLVMIRReader
--      LLVMLinker
--      LLVMPasses
--      LLVMSupport
--      LLVMTargetParser
--      LLVMTransformUtils
--  )
--else()
--  add_llvm_library(LLVMSPIRVLib
--    ${SRC_LIST}
--    LINK_COMPONENTS
--      Analysis
--      BitWriter
--      CodeGen
--      Core
--      Demangle
--      IRReader
--      Linker
--      Passes
--      Support
--      TargetParser
--      TransformUtils
-+add_llvm_library(LLVMSPIRVLib
-+  ${SRC_LIST}
-+  LINK_COMPONENTS
-+    Analysis
-+    BitWriter
-+    CodeGen
-+    Core
-+    Demangle
-+    IRReader
-+    Linker
-+    Passes
-+    Support
-+    TargetParser
-+    TransformUtils
-   DEPENDS
-     intrinsics_gen
-   )
--endif()
- 
- target_include_directories(LLVMSPIRVLib
-   PRIVATE
diff --git a/spirv-llvm-translator.spec b/spirv-llvm-translator.spec
index 30a006c..ea81330 100644
--- a/spirv-llvm-translator.spec
+++ b/spirv-llvm-translator.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+%define gitver %(echo %version | cut -d. -f5)
 Name:          spirv-llvm-translator
-Version:       17.0.0
+Version:       18.0.0.20240215git.ffdb454
 Release:       1mamba
 Summary:       A tool and a library for bi-directional translation between SPIR-V and LLVM IR
 Group:         Development/Tools
@@ -7,8 +8,8 @@ Vendor:        openmamba
 Distribution:  openmamba
 Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
 URL:           https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator
-Source:        https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator.git/v%{version}/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator-%{version}.tar.bz2
-Patch0:        spirv-llvm-translator-16.0.0-llvm-16.patch
+Source:        https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator.git/main@%{gitver}/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator-%{version}.tar.bz2
+#Source:        https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator.git/v%{version}/SPIRV-LLVM-Translator-%{version}.tar.bz2
 License:       NCSA
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
 BuildRequires: glibc-devel
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ This package contains libraries and header files for developing applications tha
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n SPIRV-LLVM-Translator-%{version}
-#%patch 0 -p1
 
 %build
 %cmake -d build \
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ This package contains libraries and header files for developing applications tha
 %doc README.md
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Mar 17 2024 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 18.0.0.20240215git.ffdb454-1mamba
+- update to 18.0.0.20240215git.ffdb454
+
 * Tue Oct 24 2023 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 17.0.0-1mamba
 - automatic version update by autodist