diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f9c23bc..f92d3b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-bzflag-2.4.0.tar.bz2
-/bzflag-2.4.2.tar.bz2
+/bzflag-2.4.4.tar.bz2
diff --git a/bzflag.spec b/bzflag.spec
index 2b24fae..f81c0bb 100644
--- a/bzflag.spec
+++ b/bzflag.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 
 Summary: 3D multi-player tank battle game
 Name: bzflag
-Version: 2.4.2
-Release: 16%{?dist}
+Version: 2.4.4
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2
 Group: Amusements/Games
 URL: http://bzflag.org
-Source0: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/bzflag/bzflag-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source0: https://download.bzflag.org/bzflag/source/%{version}/bzflag-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: bzflag.desktop
 Patch0: bzflag-2.0.12-findresolutions.patch
 BuildRequires: libXxf86vm-devel
@@ -22,14 +22,7 @@ BuildRequires: SDL-devel
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires: libcurl-devel
 BuildRequires: c-ares-devel
-BuildRequires: glew-devel
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel
-# for curl version checking in configure. ugh.
-BuildRequires: bc
-# autogen.sh needs autoconf, automake, and libtool
-BuildRequires: autoconf
-BuildRequires: automake
-BuildRequires: libtool
 BuildRequires: sed
 Requires: opengl-games-utils
 
@@ -54,7 +47,6 @@ This package contains sample world maps for bzflag.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .findresolutions
-./autogen.sh
 
 %build
 # Use PIE because bzflag/bzfs are networked server applications
@@ -73,6 +65,7 @@ install -D -m 644 misc/art/bzicon-red.svg \
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bzflag/maps
 install -m 644 misc/maps/*.bzw %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bzflag/maps
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/bzflag/*.la
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bzflag/bzflag.desktop
 
 ln -snf opengl-game-wrapper.sh %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/bzflag-wrapper
 sed 's:^Exec=\(.*\)$:Exec=\1-wrapper:g' < %{SOURCE1} > bzflag.desktop
@@ -135,6 +128,13 @@ EOF
 %{_datadir}/bzflag/maps/*
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Feb 20 2016 Jeff Makey <jeff@makey.net> 2.4.4-1
+- version 2.4.4
+- new source URL
+- do not run autogen.sh now that upstream uses autoconf 2.69
+- remove obsolete build requirements
+- remove unused upstream bzflag.desktop file
+
 * Wed Feb 03 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.2-16
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c65cbda..5624855 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-324afa0e657dd6cb2db3433b5e92d121  bzflag-2.4.2.tar.bz2
+fcceb66454e93c6181662fffb2a71022  bzflag-2.4.4.tar.bz2