diff --git a/package/gnome2/gnome-2.conf b/package/gnome2/gnome-2.conf
index 5154e6d81..61bd56eeb 100644
--- a/package/gnome2/gnome-2.conf
+++ b/package/gnome2/gnome-2.conf
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ var_append confopt " " "--disable-gtk-doc"
 # the X server
 var_append confopt " " "--disable-gtktest"
 
+# don't run scrollkeeper updates, they will be done in a postinstall script
+var_append confopt " " "--disable-scrollkeeper"
+
 # include sub-package definitions
 . package/*/gtk+/gtk+-pkg.conf
 . package/*/scrollkeeper/scrollkeeper-pkg.conf
diff --git a/package/gnome2/gnome-doc-utils/no-scrollkeeper-update.patch b/package/gnome2/gnome-doc-utils/no-scrollkeeper-update.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f750a8b44..000000000
--- a/package/gnome2/gnome-doc-utils/no-scrollkeeper-update.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# 
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
-# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
-# 
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/gnome2/gnome-doc-utils/no-scrollkeeper-update.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2006 Clifford Wolf
-# 
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# 
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- ./doc/xslt/Makefile.in.orig	2005-03-24 18:42:07.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./doc/xslt/Makefile.in	2005-03-24 18:43:02.000000000 +0100
-@@ -755,7 +755,6 @@
- 	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$omf $(DESTDIR)$(OMF_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)/$$omf"; \
- 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$omf $(DESTDIR)$(OMF_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)/$$omf; \
- 	done
--	-scrollkeeper-update -p "$(_sklocalstatedir)" -o "$(DESTDIR)$(OMF_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)"
- 
- install-dsk:
- 	echo install-dsk
---- ./doc/gnome-doc-make/Makefile.in.orig	2005-03-24 18:42:17.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./doc/gnome-doc-make/Makefile.in	2005-03-24 18:43:16.000000000 +0100
-@@ -746,7 +746,6 @@
- 	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$omf $(DESTDIR)$(OMF_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)/$$omf"; \
- 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$omf $(DESTDIR)$(OMF_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)/$$omf; \
- 	done
--	-scrollkeeper-update -p "$(_sklocalstatedir)" -o "$(DESTDIR)$(OMF_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)"
- 
- install-dsk:
- 	echo install-dsk
---- ./Makefile.in.orig	2005-03-24 18:41:59.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./Makefile.in	2005-03-24 18:43:38.000000000 +0100
-@@ -1072,7 +1072,6 @@
- 	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$omf $(DESTDIR)$(OMF_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)/$$omf"; \
- 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$omf $(DESTDIR)$(OMF_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)/$$omf; \
- 	done
--	-scrollkeeper-update -p "$(_sklocalstatedir)" -o "$(DESTDIR)$(OMF_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)"
- 
- install-dsk:
- 	echo install-dsk
---- ./gnome-doc-utils.make.orig	2005-03-24 18:42:31.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./gnome-doc-utils.make	2005-03-24 18:43:50.000000000 +0100
-@@ -569,7 +569,6 @@
- 	  echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $$omf $(DESTDIR)$(OMF_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)/$$omf"; \
- 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$omf $(DESTDIR)$(OMF_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)/$$omf; \
- 	done
--	-scrollkeeper-update -p "$(_sklocalstatedir)" -o "$(DESTDIR)$(OMF_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)"
- 
- install-dsk:
- 	echo install-dsk