diff --git a/gdm.changes b/gdm.changes
index 1c6e6df..a7a9507 100644
--- a/gdm.changes
+++ b/gdm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 25 11:07:42 UTC 2016 - zaitor@opensuse.org
+
+- Disable gdm-workaround-boo971852.patch.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 20 07:00:27 UTC 2016 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gdm.spec b/gdm.spec
index d6c272d..8f3a55f 100644
--- a/gdm.spec
+++ b/gdm.spec
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ running display manager.
 cp %{S:8} .
 translation-update-upstream
 %if 0%{?is_opensuse}
-%patch0 -p1
+# Disabled for now, see  boo#981372 and boo#971852
+#patch0 -p1
 %endif
 %patch6 -p1
 %patch7 -p1