diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7cb1496..a1f29f4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ lxqt-runner (0.13.0-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
   * Update build dependencies.
+  * Remove patches applied upstream.
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 23 May 2018 22:31:54 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/make-genericName-searchable.patch b/debian/patches/make-genericName-searchable.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 61a691b..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/make-genericName-searchable.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-Description: AppLinkItem: Make genericName searchable
-Author: Palo Kisa <palo.kisa@gmail.com>
-Origin: backport
-Bug: https://github.com/lxde/lxqt/issues/1278
-Applied-Upstream: commit:c47a674
-Last-Update: 2018-02-05
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
- set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
- set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
- 
--set(REQUIRED_MENUCACHE_VERSION "0.3.3")
-+set(REQUIRED_MENUCACHE_VERSION "1.1.0")
- 
- include(CMakeDependentOption)
- include(GNUInstallDirs)
---- a/providers.cpp
-+++ b/providers.cpp
-@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ AppLinkItem::AppLinkItem(MenuCacheApp* a
-     MenuCacheItem* item = MENU_CACHE_ITEM(app);
-     mIconName = QString::fromUtf8(menu_cache_item_get_icon(item));
-     mTitle = QString::fromUtf8(menu_cache_item_get_name(item));
--    mComment = QString::fromUtf8(menu_cache_item_get_comment(item));
--    mToolTip = mComment;
-+    mComment = QString::fromUtf8(menu_cache_app_get_generic_name(app));
-+    mToolTip = QString::fromUtf8(menu_cache_item_get_comment(item));
-     mCommand = menu_cache_app_get_exec(app);
-     mProgram = QFileInfo(mCommand).baseName().section(" ", 0, 0);
-     char* path = menu_cache_item_get_file_path(MENU_CACHE_ITEM(app));
-@@ -271,8 +271,10 @@ bool AppLinkItem::compare(const QRegExp
-     if (regExp.isEmpty())
-         return false;
- 
--    return mProgram.contains(regExp) ||
--           mTitle.contains(regExp) ;
-+    return mProgram.contains(regExp)
-+        || mTitle.contains(regExp)
-+        || mComment.contains(regExp)
-+        || mToolTip.contains(regExp);
- }
- 
- 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
deleted file mode 100644
index 37cf70b..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Ubuntu-specific patches
-make-genericName-searchable.patch