diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index da2b79478..7c4e68ec0 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,24 @@
     <listitem revision="sysv"> or <listitem revision="systemd"> as
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2016-09-16</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to bash-4.4. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3981">#381</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to readline-7.0. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3982">#382</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to linux-4.7.4. Fixes 
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3980">#380</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2016-09-14</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 89887fd4a..f9a4e6c19 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Automake &automake-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Bash &bash-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Binutils &binutils-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Psmisc &psmisc-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Readline &readline-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Sed &sed-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -261,9 +261,13 @@
     <title>Removed:</title>
     <listitem><para></para></listitem>  <!-- satisfy build -->
 
-    <!--<listitem>
-      <para>Tcl-8.6.3</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>bash-4.3.30-upstream_fixes-3.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+      <para>readline-6.3-upstream_fixes-3.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
 
   </itemizedlist>
 
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 08ecb9812..82abf9149 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   needed to build an LFS system:</para>
 
   <variablelist role="materials">
-
+<!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Bash Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&bash-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&bash-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+-->
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Bc Memory Leak Patch - <token>&bc-memory-leak-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&kbd-backspace-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+<!--
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Readline Upstream Fixes Patch - <token>&readline-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&readline-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
-
+-->
     <varlistentry revision="sysv">
       <term>Sysvinit Consolidated Patch - <token>&sysvinit-consolidated-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/bash.xml b/chapter06/bash.xml
index 77fc08c04..8c5896ece 100644
--- a/chapter06/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bash.xml
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Bash</title>
 
-    <para>First, apply the following patch to fix various bugs that have been
-    addressed upstream:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                       \
diff --git a/chapter06/readline.xml b/chapter06/readline.xml
index 3b162d5ea..98be029db 100644
--- a/chapter06/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readline.xml
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Readline</title>
 
-    <para>First install some patches to fix various bugs that have been
-    addressed upstream:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&readline-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Reinstalling Readline will cause the old libraries to be moved to
     &lt;libraryname&gt;.old. While this is normally not a problem, in some cases
     it can trigger a linking bug in <command>ldconfig</command>. This can be
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 2af3c938f..8b80be71d 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20160914">
+<!ENTITY version         "SVN-20160916">
 <!ENTITY short-version   "svn">  <!-- Used below in &blfs-book; 
                                       Change to x.y for release but not -rc releases -->
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development"  or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
 
-<!ENTITY versiond        "20160914-systemd">
+<!ENTITY versiond        "20160916-systemd">
 <!ENTITY short-versiond  "systemd">
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
-<!ENTITY releasedate     "September 14, 2016">
+<!ENTITY releasedate     "September 16, 2016">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2016"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.11">
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 6f2bd9deb..f9ed8b4c0 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
 <!ENTITY automake-ch6-du "110 MB">
 <!ENTITY automake-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU (about 7.8 SBU with tests)">
 
-<!ENTITY bash-version "4.3.30">
-<!ENTITY bash-size "7,7791 KB">
+<!ENTITY bash-version "4.4">
+<!ENTITY bash-size "9,158 KB">
 <!ENTITY bash-url "&gnu;bash/bash-&bash-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY bash-md5 "a27b3ee9be83bd3ba448c0ff52b28447">
+<!ENTITY bash-md5 "148888a7c95ac23705559b6f477dfe25">
 <!ENTITY bash-home "&gnu-software;bash/">
 <!ENTITY bash-ch5-du "54 MB">
 <!ENTITY bash-ch5-sbu "0.4 SBU">
@@ -391,12 +391,12 @@
 
 <!ENTITY linux-major-version "4">
 <!ENTITY linux-minor-version "7">
-<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "3">
+<!ENTITY linux-patch-version "4">
 <!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.&linux-patch-version;">
 <!--<!ENTITY linux-version "&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;">-->
 <!ENTITY linux-size "88,304 KB">
 <!ENTITY linux-url "&kernel;linux/kernel/v&linux-major-version;.x/linux-&linux-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY linux-md5 "f71f1e245727b953ec84482ac218eb01">
+<!ENTITY linux-md5 "4ee167c1fc77a6fdc6353c6847656d6f">
 <!ENTITY linux-home "http://www.kernel.org/">
 <!-- measured for 3.9.0 / gcc-4.8.0 on x86_64 : minimum is
  allnoconfig extended for a hopefully-bootable build on desktop machine,
@@ -515,10 +515,10 @@
 <!ENTITY psmisc-ch6-du "4.0 MB">
 <!ENTITY psmisc-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY readline-version "6.3">
-<!ENTITY readline-size "2,411 KB">
+<!ENTITY readline-version "7.0">
+<!ENTITY readline-size "2,842 KB">
 <!ENTITY readline-url "&gnu;readline/readline-&readline-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY readline-md5 "33c8fb279e981274f485fd91da77e94a">
+<!ENTITY readline-md5 "205b03a87fc83dab653b628c59b9fc91">
 <!ENTITY readline-home "http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html">
 <!ENTITY readline-ch6-du "14 MB">
 <!ENTITY readline-ch6-sbu "0.1 SBU">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index f8eb8b2cf..b4708a1f7 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 <!-- Start of Common Patches -->
 
-<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch "bash-&bash-version;-upstream_fixes-3.patch">
-<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-md5 "e183ab08f0a51a7c5a2e974eb1ecbc46">
-<!ENTITY bash-fixes-patch-size "15 KB">
-
 <!ENTITY bc-memory-leak-patch "bc-&bc-version;-memory_leak-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY bc-memory-leak-patch-md5 "877e81fba316fe487ec23501059d54b8">
 <!ENTITY bc-memory-leak-patch-size "1.4 KB">
@@ -34,10 +30,6 @@
 <!ENTITY kbd-backspace-patch-md5 "f75cca16a38da6caa7d52151f7136895">
 <!ENTITY kbd-backspace-patch-size "12 KB">
 
-<!ENTITY readline-fixes-patch "readline-&readline-version;-upstream_fixes-3.patch">
-<!ENTITY readline-fixes-patch-md5 "6b0d9f4e79319d56a7fee9b35e5cfd1b">
-<!ENTITY readline-fixes-patch-size "8 KB">
-
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch "sysvinit-&sysvinit-version;-consolidated-1.patch">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-md5 "0b7b5ea568a878fdcc4057b2bf36e5cb">
 <!ENTITY sysvinit-consolidated-patch-size "3.9 KB">