diff --git a/debian/patches/0001_do_not_abort_on_unknown_DBus_signal_name.patch b/debian/patches/0001_do_not_abort_on_unknown_DBus_signal_name.patch
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index 9461c33..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/0001_do_not_abort_on_unknown_DBus_signal_name.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Author: Vlad Orlov <monsta@inbox.ru>
-Description: Don't abort on unknown DBus signal name, it's external data, so it's not clever to have an assert on it
-
-diff --git a/src/gpm-kbd-backlight.c b/src/gpm-kbd-backlight.c
-index ae8e0fa..c646855 100644
---- a/src/gpm-kbd-backlight.c
-+++ b/src/gpm-kbd-backlight.c
-@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ gpm_kbd_backlight_on_dbus_signal (GDBusProxy *proxy,
-        return;
-    }
- 
--   g_assert_not_reached ();
-+   g_debug ("signal '%s' not handled!", signal_name);
- }
- 
- /**
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
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index db4d87e..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0001_do_not_abort_on_unknown_DBus_signal_name.patch