diff --git a/helpers/make-gnome-boxes b/helpers/make-gnome-boxes
index 3714da0ba3ba0585590466f65226c7ef7f061647..485e3295a450679fe7b46e8c1fea5074e1ccbdab 100644
--- a/helpers/make-gnome-boxes
+++ b/helpers/make-gnome-boxes
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ VERSION=0
 
 . ./config
 
+rm debian/patches/Update-recommended-downloads.patch
+sed -i '/Update-recommended-downloads.patch/d' debian/patches/series
+
 cat << recommended-os > data/recommended-downloads.xml
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <!--