diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad71f8f..3674286 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/virtualenv-1.10.1.tar.gz
+SOURCES/virtualenv-15.1.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/.python-virtualenv.metadata b/.python-virtualenv.metadata
index 14816cf..dbe103b 100644
--- a/.python-virtualenv.metadata
+++ b/.python-virtualenv.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0c441553f97a1ed68bb2032c9ab65e6c3bc38e24 SOURCES/virtualenv-1.10.1.tar.gz
+995ce0fa007210ac2f10258999d06813ecdd6eeb SOURCES/virtualenv-15.1.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/SOURCES/disable-pypi-downloads-on-venv-creation.patch b/SOURCES/disable-pypi-downloads-on-venv-creation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6871195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/disable-pypi-downloads-on-venv-creation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/virtualenv.py b/virtualenv.py
+index d1a344a..1d46506 100755
+--- a/virtualenv.py
++++ b/virtualenv.py
+@@ -613,7 +613,6 @@ def main():
+     parser.add_option(
+         "--download",
+         dest="download",
+-        default=True,
+         action="store_true",
+         help="Download preinstalled packages from PyPI.",
+     )
diff --git a/SOURCES/fix-python34-compatibility.patch b/SOURCES/fix-python34-compatibility.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f8df498..0000000
--- a/SOURCES/fix-python34-compatibility.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/virtualenv.py b/virtualenv.py
-index 4ec3961..8886fc6 100755
---- a/virtualenv.py
-+++ b/virtualenv.py
-@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ elif majver == 3:
-                              'reprlib'])
-     if minver >= 2:
-         REQUIRED_FILES[-1] = 'config-%s' % majver
--    if minver == 3:
-+    if minver >= 3:
-         import sysconfig
-         platdir = sysconfig.get_config_var('PLATDIR')
-         REQUIRED_FILES.append(platdir)
-@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ elif majver == 3:
-             #"xmlrpc",
-             #"zipfile",
-         ])
-+if minver >= 4:
-+    REQUIRED_MODULES.extend(['operator', '_collections_abc'])
- 
- if is_pypy:
-     # these are needed to correctly display the exceptions that may happen
diff --git a/SOURCES/polish-error-msg-when-file-is-passed.patch b/SOURCES/polish-error-msg-when-file-is-passed.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f7f4d4..0000000
--- a/SOURCES/polish-error-msg-when-file-is-passed.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-@@ -, +, @@ 
----
- virtualenv.py | 4 ++++
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
---- a/virtualenv.py	
-+++ a/virtualenv.py	
-@@ -791,6 +791,10 @@ def main():
-         sys.exit(2)
- 
-     home_dir = args[0]
-+    if os.path.exists(home_dir) and os.path.isfile(home_dir):
-+        logger.fatal('ERROR: File already exists and is not a directory.')
-+        logger.fatal('Please provide a different path or delete the file.')
-+        sys.exit(3)
- 
-     if os.environ.get('WORKING_ENV'):
-         logger.fatal('ERROR: you cannot run virtualenv while in a workingenv')
--- 
diff --git a/SPECS/python-virtualenv.spec b/SPECS/python-virtualenv.spec
index c42b6d3..f330b53 100644
--- a/SPECS/python-virtualenv.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python-virtualenv.spec
@@ -2,30 +2,29 @@
 %{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
 
 Name:           python-virtualenv
-Version:        1.10.1
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Version:        15.1.0
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tool to create isolated Python environments
 
 Group:          Development/Languages
 License:        MIT
-URL:            http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv
-Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-%{version}.tar.gz
-# Patch that shows a custom error message when a FILE passed to virtualenv
-# to be used as 'home dir' already exists and is NOT a directory.
-# rhbz#1306513
-Patch0:         polish-error-msg-when-file-is-passed.patch
-# Make virtualenv compatible with Python 3.4
-# Fixed upstream:
-# https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/8ce3fcf153dd71c0e7f317161eefe2f6e7215ff0
-# https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/232ab405ab72bbb6b4032eb555dc4aa0a00c94f3
-# Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1411685
-Patch1:			fix-python34-compatibility.patch
+URL:            https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv
+Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+# Disable downloading pip, wheel and setuptools from pypi
+# automatically when creating a new venv.
+# Upstream commit that was reverted:
+# https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/3d7361ff2e31472cb69d00150fbdf5a3c9af2a0d
+Patch0: disable-pypi-downloads-on-venv-creation.patch
+
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 Requires:       python-setuptools, python2-devel
 
+Provides:       python2-virtualenv = %{version}-%{release}
+
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 BuildRequires:  python-sphinx
 %endif
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ licensed under an MIT-style permissive license.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n virtualenv-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
-%patch1 -p1
 %{__sed} -i -e "1s|#!/usr/bin/env python||" virtualenv.py 
 
 
@@ -60,6 +58,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{__python} setup.py install --skip-build --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 rm -f build/sphinx/html/.buildinfo
 
+# The versioned 2.x script was removed from upstream. Add it back.
+cp %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/virtualenv %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/virtualenv-%{python2_version}
+cp %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/virtualenv %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/virtualenv-2
+
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -78,6 +80,15 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Sep 13 2017 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 15.1.0-2
+- Add back the versioned virtualenv script
+Resolves: rhbz#1461154
+
+* Wed Sep 13 2017 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 15.1.0-1
+- Rebase to version 15.1.0
+- Disable automatic downloads from pypi on new venv creation
+Resolves: rhbz#1461154
+
 * Wed Feb 08 2017 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 1.10.1-4
 - Fix Python 3.4 compatibility
 Resolves: rhbz#1411685