diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 11c2fc8a..d9a9e176 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+syncevolution (1.5.3-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Remove libgconf2-dev build-dep (Closes: #897258)
+
+ -- Tino Mettler <tino+debian@tikei.de>  Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:19:04 +0200
+
 syncevolution (1.5.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 991f5912..613f7c34 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11), libedataserver1.2-dev,
  libsynthesis-dev (>=3.4.0.47.5),
  libtool, automake, intltool, pkg-config,
  libglib2.0-dev, libgladeui-dev, libdbus-glib-1-dev, libgtk-3-dev,
- libgconf2-dev,
  libsecret-1-dev,
  xsltproc,
  libopenobex2-dev [linux-any], libnotify-dev,
diff --git a/debian/patches/0002-Disable-the-usage-of-CA-certificates-if-the-user-dis.patch b/debian/patches/0002-Disable-the-usage-of-CA-certificates-if-the-user-dis.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ceb6191..00000000
--- a/debian/patches/0002-Disable-the-usage-of-CA-certificates-if-the-user-dis.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-From 96ff80271fce975c9f73972d2d413da08f7de82e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Tino Mettler <tino+debian@tikei.de>
-Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:42:29 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Disable the usage of CA certificates if the user disables
- SSLVerifyServer and SSLVerifyHost
-
----
- src/syncevo/SoupTransportAgent.cpp | 11 ++++++++---
- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/syncevo/SoupTransportAgent.cpp b/src/syncevo/SoupTransportAgent.cpp
-index 9dd7f581..ed24a4b4 100644
---- a/src/syncevo/SoupTransportAgent.cpp
-+++ b/src/syncevo/SoupTransportAgent.cpp
-@@ -130,9 +130,14 @@ void SoupTransportAgent::send(const char *data, size_t len)
-     // use CA certificates if available and needed,
-     // otherwise let soup use system default certificates
-     if (m_verifySSL) {
--        if (!m_cacerts.empty()) {
--            g_object_set(m_session.get(), SOUP_SESSION_SSL_CA_FILE, m_cacerts.c_str(), NULL);
--        }
-+	    if (!m_cacerts.empty()) {
-+		    g_object_set(m_session.get(), SOUP_SESSION_SSL_CA_FILE,
-+				 m_cacerts.c_str(), NULL);
-+	    }
-+    } else {
-+	    // Checking enabled by default, disable it.
-+	    g_object_set(m_session.get(), SOUP_SESSION_SSL_STRICT, false,
-+			 NULL);
-     }
- 
-     soup_message_set_request(message.get(), m_contentType.c_str(),
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 0df709c4..0dce5ab6 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 # debian/source/git-patches exported from git by quilt-patches-deb-export-hook
 0001-Fix-FTBFS-on-kfreebsd-due-to-missing-SOCK_CLOEXEC.patch
-0002-Disable-the-usage-of-CA-certificates-if-the-user-dis.patch