2 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index e73ea3ddb1..77dd570b3e 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
          "vxs.inc"
       ]
    },
-   "release_status" : "testing",
+   "release_status" : "stable",
    "resources" : {
       "bugtracker" : {
          "web" : "https://rt.perl.org/"
diff --git a/patchlevel.h b/patchlevel.h
index 6d4fe0d26f..1bd617f750 100644
--- a/patchlevel.h
+++ b/patchlevel.h
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ hunk.
 #  endif
 static const char * const local_patches[] = {
 	NULL
-	,"RC1"
 #ifdef PERL_GIT_UNCOMMITTED_CHANGES
 	,"uncommitted-changes"
 #endif