diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index ec3b61e98374447649f1d2241bc9d3f39dde8179..c1fdec2105acbd69d0039bf85d8a4d372fab5b6c 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 set -e
 
 package="radsecproxy"
-version="1.7.2"
-revision="2~uninett"
+version="1.8.0"
+revision="1~uninett"
 
 export TZ="Europe/Oslo"
 now=$(date +"%a, %d %b %Y %T %z")
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ tar xf "${package}"_*.debian.tar.xz -C "${package}"-"${version}/"
 #   echo ${patch##*/}
 # done >> "${package}"-"${version}"/debian/patches/series
 
+rm -r "${package}"-"${version}/debian/patches"
+
 cat > changelog << EOF
 radsecproxy (${version}-${revision}) unstable; urgency=medium
 
-  * New upstream release, with uninett-specific patches
+  * New upstream release - 1.8.0
+    - all previous patches are now removed
 
  -- Kolbjørn Barmen <debian@kolla.no>  ${now}