diff --git a/0049-account-manager-avatar.py-fix-race-condition-by-comb.patch b/0049-account-manager-avatar.py-fix-race-condition-by-comb.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c7687c..0000000
--- a/0049-account-manager-avatar.py-fix-race-condition-by-comb.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-From 4a68477e5e501dc5e5932e1326e36fe964cce940 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk>
-Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:38:20 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH 49/49] account-manager/avatar.py: fix race condition by
- combining expect_many calls
-
-The test account-storage plugin uses GDBus, so its signals have an
-undefined order with respect to MC's dbus-glib signals. We don't
-actually care about the order anyway, so expect them all in one
-big expect_many call.
-
-Bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71001
-Reviewed-by: Guillaume Desmottes <guillaume.desmottes@collabora.co.uk>
----
- tests/twisted/account-manager/avatar.py | 6 ++----
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/tests/twisted/account-manager/avatar.py b/tests/twisted/account-manager/avatar.py
-index 8bae300..b31ab97 100644
---- a/tests/twisted/account-manager/avatar.py
-+++ b/tests/twisted/account-manager/avatar.py
-@@ -162,10 +162,8 @@ def test(q, bus, mc):
-                 interface=cs.TEST_DBUS_ACCOUNT_PLUGIN_IFACE,
-                 signal='DeferringSetAttribute',
-                 args=[account.object_path, 'AvatarMime', '']),
--            )
--    q.expect('dbus-signal', path=account.object_path,
--             interface=cs.ACCOUNT_IFACE_AVATAR, signal='AvatarChanged')
--    q.expect_many(
-+            EventPattern('dbus-signal', path=account.object_path,
-+                interface=cs.ACCOUNT_IFACE_AVATAR, signal='AvatarChanged'),
-             EventPattern('dbus-signal',
-                 interface=cs.TEST_DBUS_ACCOUNT_PLUGIN_IFACE,
-                 signal='CommittingOne',
--- 
-1.8.3.1
-
diff --git a/telepathy-mission-control.spec b/telepathy-mission-control.spec
index 506ea89..5cd1845 100644
--- a/telepathy-mission-control.spec
+++ b/telepathy-mission-control.spec
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ License:        LGPLv2
 URL:            http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/Mission_Control
 Source0:        http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/releases/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-## upstream patches
-# fix failing avatar test, https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71001
-Patch0049: 0049-account-manager-avatar.py-fix-race-condition-by-comb.patch
-
 BuildRequires:  chrpath
 BuildRequires:  dbus-python
 BuildRequires:  glib2-devel
@@ -46,15 +42,13 @@ files for developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0049 -p1 -b .0049
 
 
 %build
 %configure \
   --disable-static \
   --enable-gtk-doc \
-  --with-connectivity=nm \
-  --disable-upower
+  --with-connectivity=nm
 
 # Omit unused direct shared library dependencies.
 sed --in-place --expression 's! -shared ! -Wl,--as-needed\0!g' libtool