diff --git a/debian/patches/1001_fix-weather-reports-spamming-with-notifications.patch b/debian/patches/1001_fix-weather-reports-spamming-with-notifications.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ee77076..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/1001_fix-weather-reports-spamming-with-notifications.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-From 6fc574987f9c2f4d52b2f452acd8194061d32623 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Hal Gentz <zegentzy@gmail.com>
-Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 17:44:26 -0600
-Subject: [PATCH] Fixes bug 823790 in Debian by removing the update every
- sunrise/sunset... why do we have it anyways?
-
-Signed-off-by: Hal Gentz <zegentzy@gmail.com>
----
- mateweather/mateweather-applet.c |  8 --------
- mateweather/mateweather-applet.h |  1 -
- mateweather/mateweather-pref.c   | 12 ------------
- mateweather/mateweather.h        |  1 -
- 4 files changed, 22 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/mateweather/mateweather-applet.c b/mateweather/mateweather-applet.c
-index 9d774e5..c15cbb7 100644
---- a/mateweather/mateweather-applet.c
-+++ b/mateweather/mateweather-applet.c
-@@ -515,14 +515,6 @@ update_finish (WeatherInfo *info, gpointer data)
-     }
- }
- 
--gint suncalc_timeout_cb (gpointer data)
--{
--    WeatherInfo *info = ((MateWeatherApplet *)data)->mateweather_info;
--    update_finish(info, data);
--    return 0;  /* Do not repeat timeout (will be reset by update_finish) */
--}
--
--
- void mateweather_update (MateWeatherApplet *gw_applet)
- {
-     WeatherPrefs prefs;
-diff --git a/mateweather/mateweather-applet.h b/mateweather/mateweather-applet.h
-index eef4f8b..8073429 100644
---- a/mateweather/mateweather-applet.h
-+++ b/mateweather/mateweather-applet.h
-@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
- 
- extern void mateweather_applet_create(MateWeatherApplet *gw_applet);
- extern gint timeout_cb (gpointer data);
--extern gint suncalc_timeout_cb (gpointer data);
- extern void mateweather_update (MateWeatherApplet *applet);
- 
- G_END_DECLS
-diff --git a/mateweather/mateweather-pref.c b/mateweather/mateweather-pref.c
-index d2b31c0..ec535d7 100644
---- a/mateweather/mateweather-pref.c
-+++ b/mateweather/mateweather-pref.c
-@@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ static void auto_update_toggled(GtkToggleButton* button, MateWeatherPref* pref)
- {
- 	MateWeatherApplet* gw_applet = pref->priv->applet;
- 	gboolean toggled;
--	gint nxtSunEvent;
- 
- 	toggled = gtk_toggle_button_get_active(button);
- 	gw_applet->mateweather_pref.update_enabled = toggled;
-@@ -333,20 +332,9 @@ static void auto_update_toggled(GtkToggleButton* button, MateWeatherPref* pref)
- 		g_source_remove(gw_applet->timeout_tag);
- 	}
- 
--	if (gw_applet->suncalc_timeout_tag > 0)
--	{
--		g_source_remove(gw_applet->suncalc_timeout_tag);
--	}
--
- 	if (gw_applet->mateweather_pref.update_enabled)
- 	{
- 		gw_applet->timeout_tag = g_timeout_add_seconds(gw_applet->mateweather_pref.update_interval, timeout_cb, gw_applet);
--		nxtSunEvent = weather_info_next_sun_event(gw_applet->mateweather_info);
--
--		if (nxtSunEvent >= 0)
--		{
--			gw_applet->suncalc_timeout_tag = g_timeout_add_seconds(nxtSunEvent, suncalc_timeout_cb, gw_applet);
--		}
- 	}
- }
- 
-diff --git a/mateweather/mateweather.h b/mateweather/mateweather.h
-index f486017..1fe270b 100644
---- a/mateweather/mateweather.h
-+++ b/mateweather/mateweather.h
-@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ typedef struct _MateWeatherApplet {
- 	MatePanelAppletOrient orient;
- 	gint size;
- 	gint timeout_tag;
--	gint suncalc_timeout_tag;
- 
- 	/* preferences  */
- 	MateWeatherPrefs mateweather_pref;
--- 
-2.11.0
-
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 85a28cb..6692119 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 1000-fix-build-on-linux-4.7-or-newer.patch
-1001_fix-weather-reports-spamming-with-notifications.patch