diff --git a/ibus-vala-0.36.patch b/ibus-vala-0.36.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 00fd895..0000000
--- a/ibus-vala-0.36.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/ui/gtk3/indicator.vala b/ui/gtk3/indicator.vala
-index dac72b49..7da0fa92 100644
---- a/ui/gtk3/indicator.vala
-+++ b/ui/gtk3/indicator.vala
-@@ -139,12 +139,17 @@ class Indicator : IBus.Service
-         m_watcher_interface_info =
-                 m_watcher_node_info.lookup_interface(
-                         NOTIFICATION_WATCHER_DBUS_IFACE);
--        check_connect();
-+        try {
-+            check_connect();
-+        } catch (GLib.IOError e) {
-+            warning("Failed to call dbus proxy: " + e.message);
-+            return;
-+        }
-     }
- 
--    private void check_connect() {
-+    private async void check_connect() throws IOError {
-         if (m_proxy == null) {
--            GLib.DBusProxy.new.begin(
-+            m_proxy = yield new GLib.DBusProxy(
-                     connection,
-                     GLib.DBusProxyFlags.DO_NOT_LOAD_PROPERTIES |
-                             GLib.DBusProxyFlags.DO_NOT_CONNECT_SIGNALS,
-@@ -152,23 +157,7 @@ class Indicator : IBus.Service
-                     NOTIFICATION_WATCHER_DBUS_ADDR,
-                     NOTIFICATION_WATCHER_DBUS_OBJ,
-                     NOTIFICATION_WATCHER_DBUS_IFACE,
--                    null,
--                    (obj, res) => {
--                            bus_watcher_ready(obj, res);
--                    });
--        } else {
--            bus_watcher_ready(null, null);
--        }
--    }
--
--    private void bus_watcher_ready(GLib.Object? obj, GLib.AsyncResult? res) {
--        if (res != null) {
--            try {
--                m_proxy = GLib.DBusProxy.new.end(res);
--            } catch (GLib.IOError e) {
--                warning("Failed to call dbus proxy: " + e.message);
--                return;
--            }
-+                    null);
- 
-             m_proxy.notify["g-name-owner"].connect((obj, pspec) => {
-                     var name = m_proxy.get_name_owner();
-@@ -176,7 +165,10 @@ class Indicator : IBus.Service
-                         check_connect();
-             });
-         }
-+        bus_watcher_ready();
-+    }
- 
-+    private void bus_watcher_ready() {
-         var name = m_proxy.get_name_owner();
-         // KDE panel does not run yet if name == null
-         if (name == null)
-
diff --git a/ibus.changes b/ibus.changes
index f4f03c1..cfe41d8 100644
--- a/ibus.changes
+++ b/ibus.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 12 14:41:40 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Drop ibus-vala-0.36.patch: No longer needed, since vala 0.36
+  re-introduced the compatibility layer.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar  1 14:25:29 UTC 2017 - zaitor@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/ibus.spec b/ibus.spec
index 8a1ddae..928373f 100644
--- a/ibus.spec
+++ b/ibus.spec
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ Patch10:        hide-setup-menu.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-SLE setup-switch-im.patch bnc#899259  qzhao@suse.com
 # switch to ibus when ibus not running.
 Patch11:        setup-switch-im.patch
-# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM ibus-vala-0.36.patch dimstar@opensuse.org -- Fix build with vala 0.36
-Patch12:        ibus-vala-0.36.patch
 BuildRequires:  dbus-1-glib-devel
 BuildRequires:  dbus-1-python-devel >= 0.83.0
 BuildRequires:  dconf-devel >= 0.7.5
@@ -260,9 +258,6 @@ sed -i \
 %patch10 -p1
 %patch11 -p1
 %endif
-if pkg-config --atleast-version 0.35 vapigen; then
-%patch12 -p1
-fi
 
 cp -r %{SOURCE2} .
 cp -r %{SOURCE3} .