diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fafb0b0e87866fff5a687d3b1854803511217f34..d0789b315d0a9e406cb2666ef834e87a7fb2a264 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 scikit-learn (0.5~rc3-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release-candidate
+  * Deprecated patches:
+    - up_workaround_numpy_cython_issue589652
+    - deb_cython_0.12.1
 
  -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:05:40 -0400
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 1a89f009e3e9bc83f599415878ca205ed5f309d4..85c1c0e58fccd9976ece06c88c03860d5199450c 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-up_workaround_numpy_cython_issue589652
-deb_cython_0.12.1
 deb_use_system_libraries