diff --git a/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/patches/0007-xdg-bin.patch b/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/patches/0007-xdg-bin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ca6e117346..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/patches/0007-xdg-bin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
---- lib/xdg/telegramdesktop.appdata.xml 2019-12-31 16:06:54.000000000 +0100
-+++ -	2020-01-03 11:05:49.315124450 +0100
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
- <component type="desktop">
--    <id>org.telegram.desktop</id>
-+    <id>telegramdesktop.desktop</id>
-     <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
-     <project_license>GPL-3.0</project_license>
-     <name>Telegram Desktop</name>
---- lib/xdg/telegramdesktop.appdata.xml	2019-12-31 16:06:54.000000000 +0100
-+++ -	2020-01-03 11:05:49.315124450 +0100
-@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@
-         <content_attribute id="money-gambling">none</content_attribute>
-     </content_rating>
-     <provides>
--        <binary>telegram-desktop</binary>
-+        <binary>Telegram</binary>
-     </provides>
- </component>
---- lib/xdg/telegramdesktop.desktop	2019-12-31 16:06:54.000000000 +0100
-+++ -	2020-01-03 11:06:05.345353255 +0100
-@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
- Version=1.0
- Name=Telegram Desktop
- Comment=Official desktop version of Telegram messaging app
--Exec=telegram-desktop -- %u
-+Exec=Telegram -- %u
- Icon=telegram
- Terminal=false
- StartupWMClass=TelegramDesktop
---- lib/xdg/tg.protocol	2019-12-31 16:06:54.000000000 +0100
-+++ -	2020-01-03 11:06:20.712139153 +0100
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- [Protocol]
--exec=/usr/bin/telegram-desktop -- %u
-+exec=Telegram -- %u
- protocol=tg
- input=none
- output=none
diff --git a/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/patches/cxx17.patch b/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/patches/cxx17.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f3b59223f6..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/patches/cxx17.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Reason: Latest tagged range_v3 release does not work with cxx20 and
-	and causes gcc to segfault
-
---- cmake/init_target.cmake	2020-01-21 21:30:05.000000000 +0100
-+++ -	2020-01-22 01:29:33.006630878 +0100
-@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
-         if (${ARGV1} STREQUAL cxx_std_14 OR ${ARGV1} STREQUAL cxx_std_11)
-             target_compile_features(${target_name} PUBLIC ${ARGV1})
-         else()
--            target_compile_features(${target_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
-+            target_compile_features(${target_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
-             init_target_folder(${target_name} ${ARGV1})
-         endif()
-     else()
--        target_compile_features(${target_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
-+        target_compile_features(${target_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
-     endif()
-     if (WIN32)
-         set_target_properties(${target_name} PROPERTIES
diff --git a/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/template
index 39214dffd7..37ab5801d8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'telegram-desktop'
 pkgname=telegram-desktop
-version=1.9.6
+version=1.9.8
 revision=1
 wrksrc="tdesktop-${version}-full"
 build_style=cmake
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="-DTDESKTOP_API_ID=209235
  -DTDESKTOP_API_HASH=169ee702e1df4b6e66d80311db36cc43
  -DDESKTOP_APP_USE_GLIBC_WRAPS=OFF -DTDESKTOP_USE_PACKAGED_TGVOIP=OFF
  -DDESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_CRASH_REPORTS=ON -DTDESKTOP_DISABLE_GTK_INTEGRATION=ON
- -DTDESKTOP_LAUNCHER_BASENAME=telegramdesktop
+ -DTDESKTOP_LAUNCHER_BASENAME=org.telegram.desktop.desktop
  -DTDESKTOP_DISABLE_DESKTOP_FILE_GENERATION=ON
  -DTDESKTOP_DISABLE_REGISTER_CUSTOM_SCHEME=ON"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools python"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later WITH OpenSSL"
 homepage="https://desktop.telegram.org/"
 changelog="https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/v${version}/changelog.txt"
 distfiles="https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/download/v${version}/tdesktop-${version}-full.tar.gz"
-checksum=5b0f1c916f903bdb1ed0cf4c530d2e1ffb5aa97ff462976fe82aa29677849a02
+checksum=4dcf14cff65777a176a4552b982e67fa802668f29d212025b0c05342010a03e7
 
 
 case $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE in
@@ -63,13 +63,3 @@ post_extract() {
 					-i Telegram/CMakeLists.txt ;;
 	esac
 }
-
-do_install() {
-	for i in 16 32 48 64 128 256 512; do
-		vinstall Telegram/Resources/art/icon$i.png 644 usr/share/icons/hicolor/${i}x${i}/apps telegram.png
-	done
-	vbin build/bin/Telegram
-	vinstall lib/xdg/telegramdesktop.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
-	vinstall lib/xdg/telegramdesktop.appdata.xml 644 usr/share/appdata
-	vinstall lib/xdg/tg.protocol 644 usr/share/kservices5
-}