diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 590b6cc..63b3d56 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   * Use debhelper-compat, bump to 12.
   * control: Bump policy to 4.5.0.
   * Use source format 1.0.
+  * patches: Dropped, upstream.
 
  -- Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>  Sun, 18 Mar 2018 17:10:35 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/0001-If-we-have-man-db-don-t-try-and-emulate-man-s-pipeli.patch b/debian/patches/0001-If-we-have-man-db-don-t-try-and-emulate-man-s-pipeli.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f42ce57..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/0001-If-we-have-man-db-don-t-try-and-emulate-man-s-pipeli.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-From 438763b6e231410b95b5e352feb65c63cd54de6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
-Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 16:19:57 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] If we have man-db, don't try and emulate man's pipeline
-
-Just let man itself do the formatting / zsoelim / ... dance.
-
-Debian bug#764792 <https://bugs.debian.org/764792>
-
-Signed-off-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
----
- xman/configure.ac | 5 +++++
- xman/misc.c       | 8 ++++++++
- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/xman/configure.ac b/xman/configure.ac
-index 9a80cbb..8bb44f2 100644
---- a/xman/configure.ac
-+++ b/xman/configure.ac
-@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ if test "x$GROFF" = "xfound" ; then
-    AC_DEFINE([HAS_GROFF], 1, [Define to 1 if you have the groff package.])
- fi
- 
-+AC_CHECK_PROG([MANDB], [mandb], [yes], [no])
-+if test x"$MANDB" = xyes; then
-+	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MANDB], 1, [Define if the man implementation is man-db])
-+fi
-+
- AC_CHECK_FUNCS([mkstemp])
- 
- AC_ARG_WITH(helpdir,
-diff --git a/xman/misc.c b/xman/misc.c
-index 06891cd..da8744a 100644
---- a/xman/misc.c
-+++ b/xman/misc.c
-@@ -661,6 +661,13 @@ static Boolean
- ConstructCommand(char *cmdbuf, const char *path,
-                  const char *filename, const char *tempfile)
- {
-+#ifdef HAVE_MANDB
-+    int used = snprintf(cmdbuf, BUFSIZ, "man -l %s > %s 2>/dev/null",
-+                        filename, tempfile);
-+    if (used >= BUFSIZ - 1)
-+	return FALSE;
-+    return TRUE;
-+#else
-     /* The original code did the following to produce a command line:
-      *   sprintf(cmdbuf,"cd %s ; %s %s %s > %s %s", path, TBL,
-      *      filename, FORMAT, man_globals->tempfile, "2> /dev/null");
-@@ -783,6 +790,7 @@ ConstructCommand(char *cmdbuf, const char *path,
-         return (FALSE);
- 
-     return (TRUE);
-+#endif /* man-db */
- }
- #endif                          /* HANDLE_ROFFSEQ */
- 
--- 
-2.1.1
-
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 650fbd4..a82d1b4 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0001-If-we-have-man-db-don-t-try-and-emulate-man-s-pipeli.patch
+#placeholder