diff --git a/ISSUES.txt b/ISSUES.txt
index 0ddbbfcac..62b110b67 100644
--- a/ISSUES.txt
+++ b/ISSUES.txt
@@ -78,19 +78,6 @@ but a remote one fail because the tests directory
 does not contain an "__init__.py". Either give
 an error or make it work without the __init__.py
 
-introduce a "RootCollector" 
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-tags: feature 1.2
-
-Currently the top collector is a Directory node and
-there also is the notion of a "topdir".  See to refine
-internal handling such that there is a RootCollector 
-which holds this topdir (or do away with topdirs?).
-Make sure this leads to an improvement in how 
-tests are shown in hudson which currently sometimes
-shows "workspace" and sometimes not as the leading 
-name. 
-
 deprecate ensuretemp / introduce funcargs to setup method
 --------------------------------------------------------------
 tags: experimental-wish 1.2
diff --git a/py/apipkg.py b/py/apipkg.py
index b4d81342b..97b611a5e 100644
--- a/py/apipkg.py
+++ b/py/apipkg.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ see http://pypi.python.org/pypi/apipkg
 import sys
 from types import ModuleType
 
-__version__ = "1.0b3"
+__version__ = "1.0b4"
 
 def initpkg(pkgname, exportdefs):
     """ initialize given package from the export definitions. """