diff --git a/debian/patches/042_treeview_single-focus.patch b/debian/patches/042_treeview_single-focus.patch
index e8da377bb5..e0eec9db5b 100644
--- a/debian/patches/042_treeview_single-focus.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/042_treeview_single-focus.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+FIXME: is this really needed, after 040_filechooser_single-click.patch landed
+upstream in 2.12.8?
+
 Index: gtk+-2.12.11/gtk/gtktreeview.c
 ===================================================================
 --- gtk+-2.12.11.orig/gtk/gtktreeview.c	2008-07-10 19:00:15.873743659 +0200