diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
index b9e201f4fd84..d6298b4fd332 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ rec {
     '';
     meta = {
       description = "TopGit aims to make handling of large amount of interdependent topic branches easier";
+      maintainers = [args.lib.maintainers.marcweber];
       homepage = http://repo.or.cz/w/topgit.git; # maybe there is also another one, I haven't checked
       license = "GPLv2";
     };
-    patches = [ ./print-update-ranges.patch ./tg-push.patch ];
   };
 
   tig = stdenv.mkDerivation {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/print-update-ranges.patch b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/print-update-ranges.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b447a947b8a8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/print-update-ranges.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/tg.sh b/tg.sh
-index 0804f73..ee5f67a 100644
---- a/tg.sh
-+++ b/tg.sh
-@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ measure_branch()
- 	else
- 		_suffix="commit"
- 	fi
--	echo "$_commits/$_nmcommits $_suffix"
-+	echo "$_commits/$_nmcommits $_suffix, git log "$_base".."$_bname" "
- }
- 
- # branch_contains B1 B2
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/tg-push.patch b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/tg-push.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b447ccd5cb00..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/tg-push.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/README b/README
-index d2f095d..f90a7b3 100644
---- a/README
-+++ b/README
-@@ -480,6 +480,13 @@ tg update
- 
- 	TODO: tg update -a for updating all topic branches
- 
-+tg push
-+~~~~~~~
-+	git push remote branch doesn't push the base.
-+        git push remote pushes all branches (and bases)
-+        You use tg push [-r] to push only the current branch [ and deps] with
-+        its base to a remote location.
-+
- TODO: tg rename
- 
- 
-diff --git a/tg-push.sh b/tg-push.sh
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..0f8c964
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/tg-push.sh
-@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
-+#!/bin/sh
-+# TopGit - A different patch queue manager
-+# GPLv2
-+
-+recurse=
-+remotes=
-+
-+
-+## Parse options
-+
-+while [ -n "$1" ]; do
-+	arg="$1"; shift
-+	case "$arg" in
-+	-r)
-+		recurse=1;;
-+	*)
-+		remotes="$remotes $arg";;
-+	esac
-+done
-+
-+if [ -z "$remotes" ]; then
-+	remotes="$(git config topgit.remote 2>/dev/null)"
-+fi
-+
-+if [ -z "$remotes" ]; then
-+	die "no remote location given. Either add a remote as additional argument or set topgit.remote"
-+fi
-+
-+name="$(git symbolic-ref HEAD | sed 's#^refs/heads/##')"
-+ref_exists "$name" || die "detached HEAD? Can't push that"
-+
-+push_branch(){
-+	[ -z "${_dep##*remotes/*}" -o -z "$_dep_is_tgish" ] && return # don't push remotes
-+	echo "$_dep" >> "$to_be_pushed"
-+	base="top-bases/$_dep"
-+	if ref_exists "$base"; then
-+		echo "top-bases/$_dep" >> "$to_be_pushed"
-+	else
-+		echo "warning, no base found $base"
-+	fi
-+}
-+
-+to_be_pushed="$(mktemp -t tg-depsfile.XXXXXX)"
-+trap 'rm -rf "$to_be_pushed"' EXIT
-+
-+for remote in $remotes; do
-+	: > $to_be_pushed # empty file
-+
-+	if [ -n "$recurse" ]; then
-+		recurse_deps push_branch "$name"
-+	fi
-+	_dep="$name"
-+	_dep_is_tgish=1
-+	push_branch
-+	echo git push $remote `cat $to_be_pushed`
-+	git push $remote `cat $to_be_pushed`
-+done
-diff --git a/tg-push.txt b/tg-push.txt
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..de9b259
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/tg-push.txt
-@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
-+	push branch and base. If you also use -r all tgish dependencies
-+        will be pushed as well.
-+        Use tg push remoteA remoteB to push to remoteA and remoteB locations