diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 22a3ca3..4a5bb3e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ patroni (1.6.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * New upstream release.
 
   [ Michael Banck ]
+  * debian/patches/check_postmaster.patch: Refreshed.
+  * debian/patches/avoid_distutils_spawn.patch: Removed, no longer needed.
+  * debian/patches/disable_postgresql.conf_chmod.patch: Likewise.
   * debian/pg_createconfig_patroni: Add --vip option and write out a
     vip-manager configuration if present.
   * debian/config.yml.in: Add @LISTEN_VIP@ tag.
diff --git a/debian/patches/avoid_distutils_spawn.patch b/debian/patches/avoid_distutils_spawn.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 30a7016..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/avoid_distutils_spawn.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-commit 0a1d9b0a251b70df7eb4b4004c86e169cddd8ed1
-Author: Alexander Kukushkin <cyberdemn@gmail.com>
-Date:   Mon Aug 26 09:38:47 2019 +0200
-
-    Get rid from distutils module dependency (#1146)
-    
-    We are using only one function from there, `find_executable()` and it is better to implement a similar function in Patroni rather than add `distutils` module into requirements.txt
-
-Index: patroni/patroni/ctl.py
-===================================================================
---- patroni.orig/patroni/ctl.py
-+++ patroni/patroni/ctl.py
-@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import yaml
- 
- from click import ClickException
- from contextlib import contextmanager
--from distutils.spawn import find_executable
- from patroni.config import Config
- from patroni.dcs import get_dcs as _get_dcs
- from patroni.exceptions import PatroniException
-@@ -1106,6 +1105,24 @@ def apply_yaml_file(data, filename):
-     return format_config_for_editing(changed_data), changed_data
- 
- 
-+def find_executable(executable, path=None):
-+    _, ext = os.path.splitext(executable)
-+
-+    if (sys.platform == 'win32') and (ext != '.exe'):
-+        executable = executable + '.exe'
-+
-+    if os.path.isfile(executable):
-+        return executable
-+
-+    if path is None:
-+        path = os.environ.get('PATH', os.defpath)
-+
-+    for p in path.split(os.pathsep):
-+        f = os.path.join(p, executable)
-+        if os.path.isfile(f):
-+            return f
-+
-+
- def invoke_editor(before_editing, cluster_name):
-     """Starts editor command to edit configuration in human readable format
- 
-Index: patroni/tests/test_ctl.py
-===================================================================
---- patroni.orig/tests/test_ctl.py
-+++ patroni/tests/test_ctl.py
-@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta
- from mock import patch, Mock
- from patroni.ctl import ctl, store_config, load_config, output_members, request_patroni, get_dcs, parse_dcs, \
-     get_all_members, get_any_member, get_cursor, query_member, configure, PatroniCtlException, apply_config_changes, \
--    format_config_for_editing, show_diff, invoke_editor, format_pg_version
-+    format_config_for_editing, show_diff, invoke_editor, format_pg_version, find_executable
- from patroni.dcs.etcd import Client, Failover
- from patroni.utils import tzutc
- from psycopg2 import OperationalError
-@@ -587,3 +587,12 @@ class TestCtl(unittest.TestCase):
-     def test_format_pg_version(self):
-         self.assertEqual(format_pg_version(100001), '10.1')
-         self.assertEqual(format_pg_version(90605), '9.6.5')
-+
-+    @patch('sys.platform', 'win32')
-+    def test_find_executable(self):
-+        with patch('os.path.isfile', Mock(return_value=True)):
-+            self.assertEqual(find_executable('vim'), 'vim.exe')
-+        with patch('os.path.isfile', Mock(return_value=False)):
-+            self.assertIsNone(find_executable('vim'))
-+        with patch('os.path.isfile', Mock(side_effect=[False, True])):
-+            self.assertEqual(find_executable('vim', '/'), '/vim.exe')
diff --git a/debian/patches/check_postmaster.patch b/debian/patches/check_postmaster.patch
index dab788d..963950a 100644
--- a/debian/patches/check_postmaster.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/check_postmaster.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Index: patroni/patroni/postmaster.py
+Index: patroni/patroni/postgresql/postmaster.py
 ===================================================================
 --- patroni.orig/patroni/postgresql/postmaster.py
-+++ patroni/postgresql/patroni/postmaster.py
-@@ -50,14 +50,15 @@ class PostmasterProcess(psutil.Process):
++++ patroni/patroni/postgresql/postmaster.py
+@@ -52,14 +52,15 @@ class PostmasterProcess(psutil.Process):
              return {}
  
      def _is_postmaster_process(self):
diff --git a/debian/patches/disable_postgresql.conf_chmod.patch b/debian/patches/disable_postgresql.conf_chmod.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c96e15..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/disable_postgresql.conf_chmod.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- ./patroni/postgresql/config.py.orig	2019-09-20 19:35:58.418475569 +0200
-+++ ./patroni/postgresql/config.py	2019-09-20 19:36:13.614584041 +0200
-@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@
-             os.rename(self._postgresql_conf, self._postgresql_base_conf)
- 
-         with open(self._postgresql_conf, 'w') as f:
--            os.chmod(self._postgresql_conf, stat.S_IWRITE | stat.S_IREAD)
-             f.write(self._CONFIG_WARNING_HEADER)
-             f.write("include '{0}'\n\n".format(self._config.get('custom_conf') or self._postgresql_base_conf_name))
-             for name, value in sorted((configuration or self._server_parameters).items()):
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 1624c0a..c954db4 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -2,6 +2,4 @@ startup_scripts.patch
 consul_import.patch
 check_postmaster.patch
 acceptance_tests_system_patroni.patch
-disable_postgresql.conf_chmod.patch
 acceptance_tests_timeouts.patch
-avoid_distutils_spawn.patch